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From:
Antonio Scarpa
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
30 May 1792
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/9/18, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Smith's additional remarks on his "Introductory Discourse" came too late to be included in [L'Abbé Gregoire] Fontana's translation of it. Introduces Dr Valli in advance, who is walking from Pavia to London. Description of [Luigi] Galvani's discoveries in animal electricity [(1737-1798), Italian physician]. Appreciation of Smith's biography of [Giovanni Antonio] Scopoli and its exposure of the slander surrounding Scopoli.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London