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Respondent: Johan von Coelln (1725–1808)
Title: ... sistens Specifica Canadensium ...
Date of Defense: {19 June} 1756
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-28
Lidén Title: Specifica canadensium.
Soulsby Title: Specif. Canad.
Drake Title: Specifica Canadensium.
Note: Two copies have day and month supplied in manuscript; third copy lacks day and month.
Abstract: A compiled account mostly of Canadian animals and plants (but also of northeastern United States), based on letters and writings of Peter Kalm (1716-1779), on John Bartram's (1699-1777) Observations ... (London, 1751), and on Cadwallader Colden's (1688-1776) articles in Acta Soc. Reg. Sci. Upsaliensis 1743: 81-136 and 1744/50: 47-82.
Respondent: Hieronymus von der Burg (1730–1811)
Title: ... de Acetariis, ...
Date of Defense: 29 June 1756
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-16
Lidén Title: Acetaria.
Soulsby Title: Acetaria
Drake Title: Acetariis.
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Abstract: This medico-botanical thesis presents Linnaeus' views on the dietary and medical importance of salad greens, with special reference to those from plants native to or readily available in Sweden.
Respondent: Johan Lyman (1734–1790)
Title: ... de Phalaena Bombyce, ...
Date of Defense: 4 December 1756
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-12
Lidén Title: Phalaena bombyx.
Soulsby Title: Phalaena
Drake Title: Phalaena Bombyce.
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Abstract: An essay on the silkworm (Phalaena bombyx), discussing its history, culture and the species of mulberry (Morus spp.) on which it feeds.
Respondent: Carl Daniel Ekmarck (1734–1789)
Title: ... Migrationes Avium sistens, ...
Date of Defense: 2 March 1757
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-38
Lidén Title: Migrationes avium.
Soulsby Title: Migr. avium
Drake Title: Migrationes Avium.
Note: One copy, probably earlier issue, has day supplied in manuscript. The other two copies have day printed.
Abstract: An enumeration of exotic and indigenous birds in Sweden observed during their annual migrations. Basil Soulsby (1864-1933) reported this to be the most complete of such lists published to 1757.
Respondent: Pehr af Bjerkén (1731–1774)
Title: Morbi Expeditionis Classicae 1756, ...
Date of Defense: 18 May 1757
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-22
Lidén Title: Morbi expeditiones classicae 1756.
Soulsby Title: Morb. exped.
Drake Title: Morbi Expeditionis Classicae.
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Abstract: An account of shipboard diseases (especially the Uppsala fever) and their treatment.
Respondent: Anders Boström (1724–1769)
Title: Febris Upsaliensis, ...
Date of Defense: 21 May 1757
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-12
Lidén Title: Febris upsaliensis.
Soulsby Title: Febr. Upsal.
Drake Title: Febris Upsaliensis.
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Abstract: A discussion of the causes, symptoms and cures of an epidemic in Uppsala in 1756 of a tertian form of malaria, attributed to moist and foul air, from the closeness of the city’s streets and its stagnating canals and waters.
Respondent: Jørgen Tyge Holm (1726–1759)
Title: Prodromus Florae Danicae, ...
Date of Defense: 2 June 1757
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-26, [2]
Lidén Title: Flora danica.
Soulsby Title: Prodr. fl. Dan.
Drake Title: Prodromus Florae Danicae.
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Abstract: Basil Soulsby (1864-1933) reported this work to have been based mainly on Peder Kylling's (1640-1696) Viridarium danicum (1688), which accounts for about 1,100 species of plants native to Denmark.
Respondent: Isaac Svensson (1726–1795)
Title: ... de Pane Diaetetico, ...
Date of Defense: 8 June 1757
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-20
Lidén Title: Panis diaeteticus.
Soulsby Title: Pane diaet.
Drake Title: Pane Diaetetico.
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Abstract: An essay on bread, including the kinds of grain from which it may be made (including substitutes such as rice, millet, sago flour, yams, sea-rush, etc.). Details of flour grinding, dough preparation and baking, as well as nutritional value of various kinds of bread are given. The merits and faults of leavened, unleavened and fermented breads are discussed. The eating of hot, freshly made bread is considered unwholesome.
Respondent: Johan Henrik Hager (d. 1770)
Title: Natura Pelagi, ...
Date of Defense: 18 June 1757
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-15, [1]
Lidén Title: Natura pelagi.
Soulsby Title: Nat. pelagi
Drake Title: Natura Pelagi.
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Abstract: An essay on the biological life of the oceans, including maritime birds. Describes the Sargasso Sea and its Fucus, birds, invertebrate marine life, marine fish and amphibia, and marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals).
Respondent: Anton Rolandsson Martin (1729–1785)
Title: Buxbaumia, ...
Date of Defense: 22 June 1757
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-16, title page figure
Lidén Title: Buxbaumia.
Soulsby Title: Buxbaumia
Drake Title: Buxbaumia.
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Abstract: Buxbaumia is a genus of mosses whose leaves fall off before capsule maturity, named for Johannes Christian Buxbaum (1694-1730), German botanist, who first discovered it near Astrakhan.
Respondent: Johan Carl Nyander (1734–1814)
Title: Exanthemata Viva, ...
Date of Defense: 23 June 1757
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-16
Lidén Title: Exanthemata viva.
Soulsby Title: Exanth. viva
Drake Title: Exanthemata Viva.
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Abstract: An essay on the origins of contagious diseases of man.
Respondent: Bogislaus Hornborg (1739–1789)
Title: ... de Transmutatione Frumentorum, ...
Date of Defense: 28 September 1757
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-16, [2]
Lidén Title: Transmutatio frumentorum.
Soulsby Title: Transm. frum.
Drake Title: Transmutatione Frumentorum.
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Abstract: An attempt by Linnaeus to refute the then popular notion that one kind of cereal crop could be transformed to another by edaphic factors, such as soil or soil nutrients.
Respondent: Magnus Gabriel Österman (1730–1794)
Title: Culina mutata, ...
Date of Defense: 16 November 1757
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-12
Lidén Title: Culina mutata.
Soulsby Title: Cul. mut.
Drake Title: Culina Mutata.
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Abstract: This essay deals with the superiority of modern vegetable foodstuffs over those used by the ancients.
Respondent: Johan Georg Colliander (1728–1796)
Title: ... de Spigelia anthelmia, ...
Date of Defense: 22 {30} March 1758
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-16, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Spigelia anthelmia.
Soulsby Title: Spigelia
Drake Title: Spigelia Anthelmia.
Note: Three copies have date as 22 March 1758.
Abstract: On the Indian pink and its use to expell worms from the human body. Includes discussion of various worms that invade the human body and the symptoms which indicate their presence. The history of the plant is taken mainly from contemporary accounts of Patrick Browne (1720-1790) and Alexander Garden (1730-1791).
Respondent: Johan Christian Peter Petersen (1739–1774)
Title: ... de Cortice Peruviano, ...
Date of Defense: {10} May 1758
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-38
Lidén Title: Cortex peruvianus.
Soulsby Title: Cort. peruv.
Drake Title: Cortice Peruviano.
Note: Two copies have day supplied in manuscript; two copies lack day.
Abstract: A discourse on the medicinal value of quinine from cinchona bark (Cinchona sp.) in the treatment of malaria and other fevers.
Respondent: David Magnus Virgander (1734–1783)
Title: Frutetum Svecicum, ...
Date of Defense: 23 May 1758
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-26
Lidén Title: Frutetum svecicum.
Soulsby Title: Fr. Svec.
Drake Title: Frutetum Svecicum.
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Abstract: On the culture of fruit trees and fruit-producing shrubs in Sweden, and the importance of native plants for food.
Respondent: Jonas Theodor Fagraeus (1729–1797)
Title: ... sistens Medicamenta graveolentia ...
Date of Defense: 13 June 1758
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-24
Lidén Title: Medicamenta graveolentia.
Soulsby Title: Med. grav.
Drake Title: Medicamenta Graveolentia.
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Abstract: A compendium of materia medica restricted to those medications having strong unpleasant odors, believed by Linnaeus to serve as a group useful for treatment of disorders of the nervous system.
Respondent: Eric Olof Rydbeck (1732–1795)
Title: Pandora Insectorum, ...
Date of Defense: 15 July 1758
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-31 (i.e., 23), 1 plate
Lidén Title: Pandora insectorum.
Soulsby Title: Pand. insect.
Drake Title: Pandora Insectorum.
Note: P. 17 misnumbered 38; p. 23 misnumbered 31.
Abstract: An essay on the metamorphosis of insects, with an enumeration of Swedish plants on which they feed. The plate is of nearly 50 rare kinds of insects with identifying numbers from Linnaeus' Systema naturae (ed. 10, 1758).
Respondent: Johan Pilgren (1735–1782)
Title: Senium Salomoneum, ...
Date of Defense: {21} February 1759
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-24
Lidén Title: Senium Salomoneum.
Soulsby Title: Senium
Drake Title: Senium Salomoneum.
Note: Two copies have day supplied in manuscript; one copy has day left blank.
Abstract: An essay on King Solomon's description of old age, mostly a paraphrase from the Bible, Ecclesiastes, XII.
Respondent: Augustin Loo (1736–1772)
Title: Auctores Botanici ...
Date of Defense: 14 March 1759
Paginations: [iii], [1], 3-20
Lidén Title: Auctores botanici.
Soulsby Title: Auct. bot.
Drake Title: Auctores Botanici.
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Abstract: The work provides an alphabetical enumeration of some 350 authors of botanical works, giving for each his surname, first name, year of birth, professional or academic position, and title (abbreviated) of first botanical publication.
Respondent: Eric Anders Nordblad (1739–1810)
Title: Instructio Peregrinatoris, ...
Date of Defense: 9 May 1759
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15
Lidén Title: Instructio peregrinatoris.
Soulsby Title: Instr. peregr.
Drake Title: Instructio Peregrinatoris.
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Abstract: A manual of etiquette for scientists and collectors going into foreign countries, treating of daily records to be made of observations, collections, local customs and expenses. It is one of the earliest directives of this character and detail.
Respondent: Engelbert Jörlin (1733–1810)
Title: Plantae Tinctoriae, ...
Date of Defense: 16 May 1759
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-30
Lidén Title: Plantae tinctoriae.
Soulsby Title: Pl. tinct.
Drake Title: Plantae Tinctoriae.
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Abstract: An account of some 100 plants, mostly European, useful in dying vegetable fibers and animal hair.
Respondent: Albrect Bäck (1737–1791)
Title: Animalia composita, ...
Date of Defense: 23 May 1759
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-9, [1]
Lidén Title: Animalia composita.
Soulsby Title: Anim. comp.
Drake Title: Animalia Composita.
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Abstract: Provides descriptions of Lithophyta (corals) and Zoophyta (corallines).
Respondent: Carl Henriksson Wännman (1733–1797)
Title: Flora Capensis, ...
Date of Defense: 30 May 1759
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-19, [1]
Lidén Title: Flora capensis.
Soulsby Title: Fl. Cap.
Drake Title: Flora Capensis.
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Abstract: A flora of generic names with specific epithets only and no descriptions or distributions data, based on collections made in Cape Province, South Africa, by Johannes Burman (1710-1779), Joannes Hartog, Paul Herman (1646-1695) and Hendrik Bernhard Oldenland (d.1699).
Respondent: Jacob Hidén (1731–1769)
Title: Ambrosiaca, ...
Date of Defense: 20 June 1759
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-14
Lidén Title: Ambrosiaca.
Soulsby Title: Ambros.
Drake Title: Ambrosiaca.
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Abstract: Dissertation on Ambrosian medicines.
