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RefNoMS/929/1/166
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Ernest Rutherford, FRS, Grand Hotel Perdi, Rapallo, to James Mackenzie Davidson
Date4 April 1909
DescriptionCurrently on holiday but assures Mackenzie Davidson that he will write to a colleague to fetch the radium and return it to him. Tells Mackenzie Davidson of his friend Dr. Cameron in Paris who has been treating his wife's abdominal cancer with radium and appears to be having temporary success. Notes that he has directed Dr. Cameron to Mackenzie Davidson for further advice and particulars, owing to Mackenzie Davidson's expertise on the subject.
Extent4 sides
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8278Rutherford; Ernest (1871 - 1937); Baron Rutherford of Nelson1871 - 1937
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