From:
Hugh Davies
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
5 Apr 1809
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/29, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Cured his rheumatism, which had assumed the form of sciatica by applying a plaster of laurel leaves ('Prunus laurocerasus'). Asks Smith to not spend too much time determining the 'Salix' specimens he sent and makes some of his own observations on them.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London