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Respondent: Nils L. Hesselgren (b. 1729)
Title: Pan Svecicus, ...
Date of Defense: 9 December 1749
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-38
Lidén Title: Pan svecicus.
Soulsby Title: Pan Svec.
Drake Title: Pan Svecicus.
Note: P. 37 misnumbered 39.
Abstract: This is a tabulation, in six columns, of 856 species of forage plants named and described in Linnaeus' Flora Suecica (1745). Linnaeus' adoption of the name Pan is from classical application to the pastoral life (especially of shepherds and herdsmen). The work introduced a binary name for each species, the second publication in which Linnaeus did this (for the first, see his dissertation, Gemmae arborum, 1749). The remaining columns identify the kind of animal that was observed to eat (or reject) the plant.
Respondent: Lars Jonasson Montin (1723–1785)
Title: ... sistens Splachnum, ...
Date of Defense: {28} March 1750
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Splachnum.
Soulsby Title: Splachnum
Drake Title: Splachnum.
Note: Day supplied in manuscript on two copies; third copy lacks day.
Abstract: Splachnum L. is a moss genus (Splachnaceae), with a capsule that bears spores only in the upper portion, and whose swollen lower half is chlorophyll-bearing. The note on p. 3 provides a description of Juncus biglumis L. (see also fig. 3).
Respondent: Peter Jonas Bergius (1730–1790)
Title: Semina Muscorum detecta ...
Date of Defense: 25 April {1750}
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-18, title page figure
Lidén Title: Semina muscorum detecta.
Soulsby Title: Sem. musc.
Drake Title: Semina Muscorum detecta.
Note: Two copies have year printed 1750; Soulsby brackets year [1750].
Abstract: On the fructification (spore production) of mosses.
Respondent: Jonas Sidrén (1723– 1799)
Title: ... de Materia Medica in Regno Animali, ...
Date of Defense: 25 June 1750
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-20
Lidén Title: Materia medica in regno animali.
Soulsby Title: Mat. med. anim.
Drake Title: Materia Medica in Regno Animali.
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Abstract: A compendium of material medica from the animal kingdom, accounting for 67 subjects (mostly animal species) used in medicinal preparations.
Respondent: Jonas Petri Halenius (1727–1810)
Title: Plantae rariores Camschatcenses, ...
Date of Defense: 22 December 1750
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-30, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Plantae rariores camschatcenses.
Soulsby Title: Pl. rar. Camsch.
Drake Title: Plantae rariores Camschatcenses.
Note: P. 26 misnumbered 62 in one of three copies.
Abstract: An account of 26 species of Siberian plants new to Linnaeus, who received them from Johan Georg Gmelin (1709-1755). Gmelin spent much of the period from 1733 to 1743 exploring the natural history of Siberia, on orders from Empress Anne of Russia.
Respondent: Jacob Rudberg (1725–1778)
Title: ... sistens Saporem Medicamentorum, ...
Date of Defense: 23 February 1751
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-20
Lidén Title: Sapor. medicamentorum.
Soulsby Title: Sapor. med.
Drake Title: Sapor Medicamentorum.
Note: Two of three copies have date altered in manuscript to {20} February 1751.
Abstract: A compendium of materia medica restricted to those medications identified by the sense of taste, and arranged in 11 classes.
Respondent: Leonhard Johan Chenon (1732–1808)
Title: ..., qua Nova Plantarum Genera ...
Date of Defense: 19 October 1751
Paginations: [viii], [2], 3-47, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Nova plantarum genera [1751].
Soulsby Title: Nova pl. gen. 1751
Drake Title: Nova Plantarum Genera.
Note: P. 13 misnumbered 15.
Abstract: This is part II of the earlier work (1747) of the same title of which Carl M. Dassow was the respondent. It is chiefly an account of eight new genera and their species, of plants collected by Pehr Kalm (1716-1779) in North America. A review of pre-Kalmian collectors in North America is provided.
Respondent: Johan Johansson Haartman (1725–1787)
Title: Plantae Hybridae, ...
Date of Defense: 23 November 1751
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-30, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Plantae hybridae.
Soulsby Title: Pl. hybr.
Drake Title: Plantae Hybridae.
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Abstract: An essay on plant hybridization in nature, acknowledging fertilization of one species by pollen of another, and reporting some fertile intergeneric crosses. Interspecific hybrids are cited in Geranium (= Pelargonium), Erica, and Mesembryanthemum (sensu latiore). A list of 34 species believed to be of hybrid origin is given with supporting notes for each. A second list of those of putative hybrid origin is also supplied.
Respondent: Johan Georg Beyersten (1717–1804)
Title: Obstacula Medicinae ...
Date of Defense: {19} February 1752
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-12
Lidén Title: Obstacula medicinae.
Soulsby Title: Obst. med.
Drake Title: Obstacula Medicinae.
Note: Day supplied in manuscript on three copies.
Abstract: A discussion of barriers to medical progress, with emphasis on faulty prescription of medications and ignorance by apothecaries of materia medica and of botany.
Respondent: Johan Hiorth (1729–1804)
Title: Plantae Esculentae Patriae, ...
Date of Defense: 22 February 1752
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-28, [2]
Lidén Title: Plantae esculentae patriae.
Soulsby Title: Pl. escul.
Drake Title: Plantae esculentae Patriae.
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Abstract: An enumeration of 127 native plants of Sweden that have been or could be used for food, condiments, and flavoring.
Respondent: Johannes J. F. Wiman
Title: ... quo Euphorbia ejusque historia naturalis et medica exhibetur ...
Date of Defense: 6 May 1752
Paginations: [ii], [2], 3-33, [1]
Lidén Title: Euphorbia.
Soulsby Title: Euphorbia
Drake Title: Euphorbia, ejusque Historia naturalis & medica.
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Abstract: An essay comprising a medico-botanical monograph of the genus Euphorbia, in which 53 species are described, with synonymy, with an emphasis on their medical uses.
Respondent: Johan Lindhult (1723–1770)
Title: ... de Materia medica in Regno Lapideo ...
Date of Defense: 15 May 1752
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-28
Lidén Title: Materia medica in regno lapideo.
Soulsby Title: Mat. med. lapid.
Drake Title: Materia Medica in Regno Lapideo.
Note: All three copies dated 18 May 1752 [Soulsby gives 15 May].
Abstract: A compendium of 72 mineral substances prescribed by Linnaeus for medicinal needs arranged according to his classification, with pertinent mineralogical and medical data for each.
Respondent: Sven Brodd (1722–1773)
Title: ... de Morbis ex Hyeme, ...
Date of Defense: 2 June 1752
Paginations: [iii], [1], 3-23
Lidén Title: Morbi ex hyeme.
Soulsby Title: Morb. Hyeme
Drake Title: De Morbis ex Hyeme.
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Abstract: A compendium of diseases associated with weather conditions in Sweden, on the effects of intense cold on humans and animals, on meteorological phenomena of winter months, and on signs predictive of weather changes.
Respondent: Carl Fredric Adler (1720–1761)
Title: Noctiluca marina, ...
Date of Defense: {9} June 1752
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-8, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Noctiluca marina.
Soulsby Title: Noctiluca
Drake Title: Noctiluca Marina.
Note: Three Strandell copies altered in ms. to {9 July} 1752.
Abstract: A report, with historical background, on the cause of phosphorescent luminescence of the sea, called "mareld" in Swedish, as seen in the wake of ships when in tropical waters, on wave crests in severe storms, or in western coastal areas in evening from August to September. Reported to be due to the minute flagellate worm, Nereis noctiluca, for which genus 11 species are described herein. Identity of the organism is reported to have been made first in 1749.
Respondent: Anders Magnus Wåhlin (1731–1797)
Title: ... Odores Medicamentorum exhibens, ...
Date of Defense: {30} June 1752
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-16
Lidén Title: Odores medicamentorum.
Soulsby Title: Odor. med.
Drake Title: Odores Medicamentorum.
Note: Three copies have day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: An essay on the value of medicinal odors by which to predict the therapeutic use of a medication. For this, Linnaeus classified such odors into seven classes.
Respondent: Samuel Ziervogel (1730–1797)
Title: ... sistens Rhabarbarum, ...
Date of Defense: 17 July 1752
Paginations: [vi], [2], 3-24, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Rhabarbarum.
Soulsby Title: Rhabarbarum
Drake Title: Rhabarbarum.
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Abstract: On the medicinal use of rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) of the Polygonaceae.
Respondent: Christopher Eliasson Gedner (1730–1773)
Title: Quaestio historico naturalis: Cui Bono? Quam breviter solutam ...
Date of Defense: 21 October 1752
Paginations: [viii], [1], 2-29, [1]
Lidén Title: Cui bono.
Soulsby Title: Cui bono?
Drake Title: Quaestio Historico-naturalis: Cui bono? soluta.
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Abstract: This dissertation embodies Linnaeus' thoughts on his philosophy of nature, and asks the question: "To what purpose are the researches of the naturalist?"
Respondent: Jonas Gustaf Forsskåhl (1727–1783)
Title: Hospita Insectorum Flora, ...
Date of Defense: 4 November 1752
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-40
Lidén Title: Hospita insectorum flora.
Soulsby Title: Hosp. insect. fl.
Drake Title: Hospita Insectorum Flora.
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Abstract: A history of entomological literature and its authors, with a classification system for the insects of Sweden, including identifications of host plants.
Respondent: Fredric Lindberg (1733–1779)
Title: Nutrix Noverca, ...
Date of Defense: 7 November 1752
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-20, [2]
Lidén Title: Nutrix noverca.
Soulsby Title: Nutr. noverca
Drake Title: Nutrix Noverca.
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Abstract: An essay on the advantages of breast-feeding infants, in which it is stressed that diseases and temperaments are transmitted to the child via the mother's milk and that for this reason alone the use of wet nurses is discouraged.
Respondent: Gabriel Emanuel Avelin
Title: ... sistens Miracula Insectorum, ...
Date of Defense: 11 November 1752
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-22, [2]
Lidén Title: Miracula insectorum.
Soulsby Title: Mirac. insect.
Drake Title: Miracula Insectorum.
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Abstract: Treats the physiology of some insects.
Respondent: Michaël A. Baeckner (1728–1759)
Title: Noxa Insectorum. ...
Date of Defense: {18} December 1752
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-32, [4]
Lidén Title: Noxa insectorum.
Soulsby Title: Noxa insect.
Drake Title: Noxa Insectorum.
Note: Three copies have day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: A compendium of noxious insects that affect animals and plants, classified among 11 divisions based on the subjects of prey or infestation. These divisions include: humans, domestic animals, fruit trees, culinary herbs, wood structures and furniture, clothes and furs, forage and seed grains, ornamental trees and shrubs and house plants, pastures and grain crops (in the field).
Respondent: Harald Barck (1722–1782)
Title: Vernatio Arborum, ...
Date of Defense: 5 May 1753
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-20, 1 chart
Lidén Title: Vernatio arborum.
Soulsby Title: Vern. arb.
Drake Title: Vernatio Arborum.
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Abstract: A compilation of results of inquiries made throughout Sweden on the vernaliation of trees and shrubs, together with meteorological data, to aid in determination of times to plant grains and related crops.
Respondent: Jacob Bjuur (1732–1774)
Title: Incrementa Botanices proximae praeterlapsi semiseculi, ...
Date of Defense: 2 June 1753
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-20
Lidén Title: Incrementa botanices.
Soulsby Title: Incr. bot.
Drake Title: Incrementa Botanices proxime praeterlapsi Semiseculi.
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Abstract: A brief history of botany, which contains information concerning the introduction of woodcuts into herbals, particularly those printed by Christopher Plantin and John Norton.
Respondent: Johan Christian Höjer (1730–?)
Title: Demonstrationes Plantarum in Horto Upsaliense 1753, ...
Date of Defense: 3 October 1753
Paginations: [viii], [1], 2-27, [1]
Lidén Title: Demonstrationes plantarum in horto upsaliensi 1753.
Soulsby Title: Demonstr. pl.
Drake Title: Demonstrationes Plantarum in Horto Upsaliensi MDCCLIII.
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Abstract: An enumeration of some 1,450 species of exotic plants grown in the Uppsala botanic garden. This is the first publication after Species plantarum (1753) to use Linnaean binomials. William T. Stearn (1911-2001) considered this a first supplement to Species plantarum as it names and describes (in the footnotes) species not included therein.
Respondent: Anders Niclas Fornander (1719–1794)
Title: Herbationes Upsalienses, ...
Date of Defense: 13 October 1753
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-20
Lidén Title: Herbationes upsalienses.
Soulsby Title: Herbat. Upsal.
Drake Title: Herbationes Upsalienses.
Note: One copy has day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: About the organization and conduct of Linnaeus' field excursions in the environs around Uppsala, and of the plants, animals, and habitats encountered. The popularity and flamboyance of these excursions were frowned upon by Linnaeus' university colleagues.
