Sphagnum Moss as a Medical Dressing (1st & 2nd World War References)
- GB 235 SPH
- File
- 1916 - 1939
•First and Second World War papers including Sir William Wright Smith’s 1916 Report.
Smith, Sir William Wright
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Sphagnum Moss as a Medical Dressing (1st & 2nd World War References)
•First and Second World War papers including Sir William Wright Smith’s 1916 Report.
Smith, Sir William Wright
Sir William Wright Smith papers (Regius Keeper, 1922-1956)
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
•Personal files and papers and his obituary
•Kew correspondence with Sir Arthur W. Hill (1921-1940) and A.D. Cotton (1921-1945)
•Correspondence with Colonel Stephenson Clarke, Borde Hill (1922-1939)
•Swedish correspondence (1923-1951), including correspondence with HRH the King of Sweden (1937-1951), Dr Harry Smith, Upsala (1925-1957) and Dr H.G. Bruun (1928-1939)
•Correspondence regarding Rhododendrons (Lord Headfort - Taylour, Geoffrey Thomas)
•Directors correspondence (1929-1936)
•2 framed photographs of W.W. Smith and an envelope of photographs possibly belonging to him
•Reprint of The Bannatyne or Bute Mazer and its carved bone cover by J.H. Stevenson published in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, v.LXV, 1930-31 including a Botanical Note on the Plant represented in the carving on the Mazer Lid by Professor William Wright Smith, King's Botanist in Scotland, pp38-39.
Smith, Sir William Wright
Langrishe, Col. J (British Red Cross)– 1939 references
•Papers & correspondence re; Sphagnum Moss – use as medical dressing, (1st & 2nd World War references) – including W. Wright Smith’s report to R.A.M.C. (War Dept.) dated 1916 are filed under “Sphagnum Moss as medical dressings” – index “S”
Langrishe, Col. J
Forman, Adam (1916 corres.)
•Papers and Correspondence re: Sphagnum Moss – Use as medical dressings (1st World War & 2nd World War references) - inc. W Wright Smith’s report to R.A.M.C. (War Dept.) dated 1916 are filed under “Sphagnum Moss as medical dressings” – index “S”
Forman, Adam