Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to James Edward Smith

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.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2711

From

Hugh Davies

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

5 Apr 1809

Sent from

Beaumares, Anglesea

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/4/29, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.

• Hugh Davies
• Sir James Edward Smith