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Respondent: David Hultman (1732–1798)
Title: Instructio Musei Rerum Naturalium, ...
Date of Defense: 14 November 1753
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-19, [1]
Lidén Title: Instructio musei rerum naturalium.
Soulsby Title: Instr. mus.
Drake Title: Instructio Musei Rerum Naturalium.
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Abstract: An account of the 18th-century Swedish natural history collections of Queen Lovisa Ulrika, King Adolph Fredrik, and Count Carl Gyllenborg, at Stockholm; of Kilian Stobaeus, at Lund; of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Samuel Ziervogel, at Stockholm.
Respondent: Nils Gahn (1733–1820)
Title: ... exhibens Plantas Officinales, ...
Date of Defense: 15 December 1753
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-31, [1]
Lidén Title: Plantae officinales.
Soulsby Title: Pl. officin.
Drake Title: Plantae Officinales.
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Abstract: A pharmaceutical essay for Swedish apothecaries, forming the first enumeration of medicinal plants to be equated with Linnaean Latin binomials. It provides three catalogues: (1) Plants of the Materia medica (ca. 580 spp.), with binomials, identifying the parts used medicinally, with directions for preparation and use of selected parts; (2) Native plants of Sweden, which should be used for medicinal needs rather than any imported material of the same species; (3) Plants that should be cultivated in Sweden to preclude any excuse for their importation.
Respondent: Gustaf Jacob Carlbohm (1731–1758)
Title: Censura Medicamentorum simplicium Vegetabilium, ...
Date of Defense: {19} December 1753
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-24
Lidén Title: Censura medicamentorum simplicium vegetabilium.
Soulsby Title: Cens. med.
Drake Title: Censura Medicamentorum Simplicium Vegetabilium.
Note: Three copies have day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: Cautionary notes on medical uses of herbs and other vegetables.
Respondent: Eric Magnus Lindecrantz (1729–1788)
Title: Cynographia, ...
Date of Defense: 21 December 1753
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-23, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Cynographia.
Soulsby Title: Cynogr.
Drake Title: Cynographia.
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Abstract: This account of the domesticated dog is held by historical zoologists to exemplify Linnaeus' first and complete zoological description according to the format prescribed by Linnaeus in his "Methodus demonstrandi" of his Systema naturae.
Respondent: Anders Hedenberg (1737–1798)
Title: ... sistens Stationes Plantarum, ...
Date of Defense: 3 April 1754
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-23, [1]
Lidén Title: Stationes plantarum.
Soulsby Title: Stat. pl.
Drake Title: Stationes Plantarum.
Note: Four of five copies corrected in manuscript to read H.P.M.C.
Abstract: An essay on plant habitats, with examples of flowering plants found in each.
Respondent: Isaac Olof Grufberg (1736–1764)
Title: Flora Anglica, ...
Date of Defense: 3 April 1754
Paginations: [viii], [1], 2-29, [3]
Lidén Title: Flora anglica.
Soulsby Title: Fl. Angl.
Drake Title: Flora Anglica.
Note: Four of five copies corrected in manuscript to read H.P.M.C.
Abstract: This is the first publication to classify English plants according to Linnaeus' system. It enumerates some 700 species common to England and Scandanavia, plus another 300 not known in Sweden.
Respondent: Olof Stickman (1731–1798)
Title: Herbarium Amboinense, ...
Date of Defense: 11 May 1754
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-28
Lidén Title: Herbarium amboinense.
Soulsby Title: Herb. Amboin.
Drake Title: Herbarium Amboinense.
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Abstract: A commentary on the Herbarium Amboinense (1741-1755) of George Eberhard Rumph (1627-1702), with Linnean equivalent names given for Rumph's polynomials.
Respondent: Lars Hiortzberg (1727–1789)
Title: ... de Methodo investigandi Vires Medicamentorum chemica, ...
Date of Defense: 2 October 1754
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-16
Lidén Title: Methodus investigandi vires medicamentorum chemica.
Soulsby Title: Vir. med.
Drake Title: Methodo Investigandi Vires Medicamentorum Chemica.
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Abstract: A pharmacological dissertation on the chemical method of examining pharmaceutical preparations to analyze their odors, flavors and chemical compositions. The work points out that poisonous plants may possess toxic qualities in some parts and not in others and that careful chemical study of all parts of a plant is essential to a reliable knowledge of its pharmaceutical nature.
Respondent: Pehr Zetzell (1724–1802)
Title: Consectaria electrico-medica ...
Date of Defense: 12 October 1754
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-8
Lidén Title: Consectaria electrico-medica.
Soulsby Title: Cons. elec.-med.
Drake Title: Consectaria Electrico-Medica.
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Abstract: A study in the medical value of electrical treatments in curing human disorders.
Respondent: Carl Fredrik Hoffberg (1729–1790)
Title: Cervus Rheno, ...
Date of Defense: 23 October 1754
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-24, 1 plate (plate is on p. [iv])
Lidén Title: Cervus Rheno.
Soulsby Title: Cervus
Drake Title: Cervus Rheno.
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Abstract: History of the reindeer, an animal of vital importance to inhabitants of Lapland and other arctic areas. Includes observations on reindeers’ diet.
Respondent: Isaac Nilsson Palmér (1735–1787)
Title: ... Oves breviter adumbrans, ...
Date of Defense: 30 October 1754
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-24
Lidén Title: Ovis.
Soulsby Title: Oves
Drake Title: Oves.
Note: P. 12 misnumbered 13.
Abstract: A dissertation on the domestic sheep (Ovis aires L.), its relatives, the breeds known to Linnaeus, their diseases (including the liver fluke) and alleged remedies, and an enumeration of some 140 species of plants which sheep will not eat, plus those that are poisonous when eaten.
Respondent: Johan Justus Nauman (1735–1778)
Title: ... de Mure Indico ...
Date of Defense: 20 {18} November {December} 1754
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-23, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Mus indicus.
Soulsby Title: Mus ind.
Drake Title: Mure Indico.
Note: Of three copies, one has the date corrected in
Abstract: A zoological account of the guinea pig, Cavea porcellus, of the Guianas and Brazil. Linnaeus first placed it in the genus Mus and later in Cavea as C. cobaga in Systema naturae (ed. 13, 1767).
Respondent: Johan Gustaf Wollrath (1736–1791)
Title: ... de Horticultura academica, ...
Date of Defense: 18 December 1754
Paginations: [viii], [1], 2-21, [3]
Lidén Title: Horticultura academica.
Soulsby Title: Hort. acad.
Drake Title: Horticultura Academica.
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Abstract: A discussion of the status of horticultural education in Sweden and on gardening as an art.
Respondent: Johan Lorens Odhelius (1737–1816)
Title: ... s[i]stens Chinensia Lagerströmiana, ...
Date of Defense: {23} December 1754
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-36, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Chinensia Lagerströmiana.
Soulsby Title: Chin. Lagerstr.
Drake Title: Chinensia Lagerströmiana.
Note: All three copies have day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: An account of collections from China made by Linnaeus' pupils Pehr Osbeck (1723-1805), Christopher Tärnström (1711-1746) and Olof Torén (1718-1753) while attached as naturalists to ships of the Swedish East India Company.
Respondent: Abrahamus Danielis Juslenius (1732–1803)
Title: Centuria I. Plantarum, ...
Date of Defense: 19 February 1755
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-35, [1]
Lidén Title: Centuria plantarum I.
Soulsby Title: Cent. I. pl.
Drake Title: Centuria I. Plantarum.
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Abstract: This dissertation and another, Centuria II, Plantarum, include descriptions of rare or previously undescribed plants sent to Linnaeus from various parts of the world.
Respondent: Eric Torner (1731–1767)
Title: Centuria II. Plantarum, ...
Date of Defense: 2 June 1756 {1755}
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-33, [1]
Lidén Title: Centuria plantarum II.
Soulsby Title: Cent. II. pl.
Drake Title: Centuria II. Plantarum.
Note: Both copies dated 1756 [Soulsby gives date as 1755].
Abstract: This dissertation and another, Centuria I, Plantarum, include descriptions of rare or previously undescribed plants sent to Linnaeus from various parts of the world.
Respondent: Nils Ericsson Dahlberg (1736–1820)
Title: ... Metamorphoses Plantarum sistens ...
Date of Defense: {3} June {July} 1755
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-26
Lidén Title: Metamorphis [sic] plantarum.
Soulsby Title: Metam. pl.
Drake Title: Metamorphoses Plantarum.
Note: All three copies have day supplied in manuscript and the month has been corrected to Julii in two copies. All three copies also have the name of the auditorium and the time of day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: This is Linnaeus' exposition on plant physiology and morphology in which he held the calyx of the flower to be an extension of the epidermis or outer bark; the corolla to be an extension of the inner bark; the androecium to be that of the wood or xylem and the gynoecium to be that of the pith. It is proposed that variations in these structures are due to differences in soil, climate and other environmental factors.
Respondent: Peter Petersson Bremer (1731–1765)
Title: Somnus Plantarum ...
Date of Defense: 10 December 1755
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-22, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Somnus plantarum.
Soulsby Title: Somn. pl.
Drake Title: Somnus Plantarum.
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Abstract: This account of the "sleep of plants," treating and classifying those flowering plants whose flowers opened or closed in relation to daylight or darkness, or the time of day, attracted great interest to the subject.
Respondent: Johan Pfeiffer (1731–1806)
Title: ... Fungus melitensis ...
Date of Defense: 20 December 1755
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-16, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Fungus melitensis.
Soulsby Title: Fung. melit.
Drake Title: Fungus Melitensis.
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Abstract: A monograph of the "Maltese fungus" (Cynomorium coccineum L., Balanophoraceae), a parasitic flowering plant of the southern Mediterranean. It reports the results of medical studies of this and related plants, particularly for use as astringents and antiseptics.
Respondent: Bengt Johan Strand (1738–1790)
Title: Flora Palaestina, ...
Date of Defense: {10} March 1756
Paginations: [v], [1], 7-32, [2]
Lidén Title: Flora palaestina.
Soulsby Title: Fl. Palaest.
Drake Title: Flora Palaestina.
Note: Three of the four copies have day supplied in manuscript. One copy lacks day.
Abstract: The work is an enumeration of the plants of Palestine, based largely on the collections of Frederik Hasselquist (1722-1752).
Respondent: Nilsson Åmman (1731–1783)
Title: Flora Alpina, ...
Date of Defense: 24 March 1756
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-27, [1]
Lidén Title: Flora alpina.
Soulsby Title: Fl. alp.
Drake Title: Flora Alpina.
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Abstract: An essay on the kinds of plants suitable for culture on the arid mountains of Lapland and adjoining alpine areas, with a list of over 400 European alpine plants from which selections could be made for Lapp culture. A Royal Alpine Garden in Lapland is proposed for the evaluation of alpine plants of potential value for economic uses.
Respondent: Alexander Malachias Berger (1737–1804)
Title: Calendarium Florae, ...
Date of Defense: 31 March 1756
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-5, [19]
Lidén Title: Calendarium florae.
Soulsby Title: Calend. fl.
Drake Title: Calendarium Florae.
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Abstract: Of all Linnaean dissertations, none captured public attention as did this, nor has any other been the subject of more editions, reprints, translations, and commentary. The work, based on observations made in Uppsala in 1755, provided an enumeration of the flowering times of plants in each of the four seasons, and by month within each season.
Respondent: Anders Magnus Wåhlin (1731–1797)
Title: ... de Pulsu intermittente, ...
Date of Defense: 5 May 1756
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-18
Lidén Title: Pulsus intermittens.
Soulsby Title: Puls. interm.
Drake Title: Pulsu Intermittente.
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Abstract: This essay treats irregular pulse rates due to such heart diseases as inflammation, polyps, tumors and abscesses, valvular ossifications and irregular activity of the heart nerves. Attention is also given to arterial disease and blood conditions caused by fever.
Respondent: Theophilus Erdman Nathorst (1734–1804)
Title: Flora Monspeliensis, ...
Date of Defense: 15 June 1756
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-30
Lidén Title: Flora monspeliensis.
Soulsby Title: Fl. Monsp.
Drake Title: Flora Monspeliensis.
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Abstract: The work is based on Pierre Magnol's (1638-1715) Botanicum monspeliense (Montpellier, 1676) and François Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix's (1706-1767) Methodus foliorum, seu plantae florae monspeliensis (La Haye, 1751).
Respondent: Peter Engström (1735–1803)
Title: ... Fundamenta Valetudinis sistens, ...
Date of Defense: 17 June 1756
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-13, [1]
Lidén Title: Fundamenta valetudines.
Soulsby Title: Fund. valet.
Drake Title: Fundamenta Valetudinis.
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Abstract: An essay on the fundamentals of good health, with recommendations for correct living in each period.
