Thomas Jefferson to Lyman Spalding, 11 December 1819
To Lyman Spalding
Monticello Dec. 11. 191
Th: Jefferson is much indebted to Dr Spalding for the pamphlet on the use of the Scutellaria lateriflora in cases of Hydrophobia. paying little attention generally to the newspaper nostrums, their notice of this subject had escaped him, and it is now only that it is first made known to him thro the kindness of Dr Spalding. the cases stated seem indeed so numerous, particular, and well-authenticated, as to found a reasonable hope that a remedy is at length discovered for this most afflicting of all human maladies. with his thanks for the communication, he prays Dr Spalding to accept the assurance of his great esteem & respect.
RC (Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs and Documents, Philadelphia, 2010); dateline at foot of text. PoC (estate of Joseph M. Fox, Philadelphia, 1946).
By an unidentified mode of transmission, Spalding had sent TJ a copy of his work entitled A History of the Introduction and Use of Scutellaria Lateriflora, (Scullcap,) as a Remedy for Preventing and Curing Hydrophobia, Occasioned by the Bite of Rabid Animals; with Cases. accompanied with a plate of the plant … Read Before the New-York Historical Society, September 14, 1819 (New York, 1819).
1. Year not in PoC.
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