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Respondent: David Davidsson Pontin (1733–1809)
Title: Arboretum Svecicum, ...
Date of Defense: {30} June 1759
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-30
Lidén Title: Arboretum svecicum.
Soulsby Title: Arb. Svec.
Drake Title: Arboretum Svecicum.
Note: Two copies have page 28 misnumbered as 23 and day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: An account of the growth and size of native trees of Sweden.
Respondent: Gabriel Elmgren (1730–1765)
Title: Plantarum Jamaicensium Pugillus, ...
Date of Defense: 28 November 1759
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-31, [1]
Lidén Title: Plantarum jamaicensium pugillus.
Soulsby Title: Pl. Jam.
Drake Title: Plantarum Jamaicensium Pugillus.
Note: P. 5 unnumbered.
Abstract: An account of 130 of the more rare of the 1,200 or so species of Jamaican plants of which specimens were presented to Linnaeus by Patrick Browne. The specimens are now in the Linnaeus herbarium at the Linnean Society of London.
Respondent: Johan Schröder (1727–1764)
Title: Genera morborum, ...
Date of Defense: 5 December 1759
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-32
Lidén Title: Genera morborum.
Soulsby Title: Gen. morb.
Drake Title: Genera Morborum.
Note: P. 6 unnumbered.
Abstract: This is Linnaeus' first published classification of human diseases, based substantially on Francois Boissier de Sauvages de la Croix's (1706-1767) Nosologia methodica sistens morborum classes … (Amsterdam, 1763), a symptomatic classification of deseases.
Respondent: Christian Ludvig Ramström (1740–1782)
Title: Generatio Ambigena, ...
Date of Defense: 12 December 1759
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-17, [1]
Lidén Title: Generatio ambigena.
Soulsby Title: Generat. ambig.
Drake Title: Generatio Ambigena.
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Abstract: An essay on sexual reproduction, with emphasis on that among animals. Study is made of the relative influence of each parent on resultant offspring, with the conclusion that external form and libido are derived largely from the male parent. Examples from both the animal and plant kingdoms are given in support of the contention.
Respondent: Carl Gustaf Sandmark (1738?–1769)
Title: Flora Jamaicensis, ...
Date of Defense: {22} December 1759
Paginations: [vi], [1], 8-27, [1]
Lidén Title: Flora jamaicensis.
Soulsby Title: Fl. Jam.
Drake Title: Flora Jamaicensis.
Note: Two copies have day supplied in manuscript; one copy lacks day.
Abstract: This work is based on specimens of some 1,200 species of Jamaican plants received by Linnaeus from Patrick Browne (1720-1790) and information on some 800 species collected by Hans Sloane (1660-1753). Linnaeus also used information in Browne's A civil and natural history of Jamaica (London, 1756) and in Sloane's A voyage to the islands Madeira... and Jamaica (London, 1707-1725).
Respondent: Johan Victor Siefvert (1738–1791)
Title: Aer habitabilis, ...
Date of Defense: 22 December 1759
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-25, [1]
Lidén Title: Aer habitabilis.
Soulsby Title: Aer habit.
Drake Title: Aër Habitabilis.
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Abstract: A medical treatise on the effects of the earth's atmosphere on health, economy, and the manners of man.
Respondent: Bengt Berzelius (1739–1777)
Title: ... sistens Nomenclatorem Botanicum, ...
Date of Defense: {24} December 1759
Paginations: [iii], [1], 7-19, [1]
Lidén Title: Nomenclator botanicus.
Soulsby Title: Nom. bot.
Drake Title: Nomenclator Botanicus.
Note: One copy has day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: A tabular account of vernacular names of plant genera, especially those of European gardens, in Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian, equated with the Linnaean Latin name of the respective genus. Many of the vernacular names were taken from Christian Mentzel's (1622-1701) Index nominum plantarum universalis multilinguis ... (Berolini, 1682).
Respondent: Jacob Lindh (173?–1778)
Title: ... de Pingvedine Animali, ...
Date of Defense: 24 December 1759
Paginations: [vi], [1], 8-32
Lidén Title: Pingvedo animalis.
Soulsby Title: Ping. anim.
Drake Title: Pingvedine Animali.
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Abstract: An essay on the natural history of swine (Sus scrofa L.), their economy and usefulness to man.
Respondent: Henric Christian Daniel Wilcke (1739–1788)
Title: ... de Politia naturae, ...
Date of Defense: 29 March 1760
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-22
Lidén Title: Politia naturae.
Soulsby Title: Polit. nat.
Drake Title: Politia Naturae.
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Abstract: An essay on the balance that exists among the three natural kingdoms, their interdependence, and the proliferation of diversity of kinds within each. The account is patterned on the plan of the dissertation Oeconomia naturae.
Respondent: Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810)
Title: Theses medicae, ...
Date of Defense: 14 June 1760
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-4
Lidén Title: Theses medicae.
Soulsby Title: Th. med.
Drake Title: Theses Medicae.
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Abstract: An essay on the interrelationship between the anatomy and physiology of the plant, in which it is held that every higher plant is composed essentially of a medulla, the basis for which species have characters in common that unify them as a genus, and a cortex by which nutrition is supplied to the individual. Recognition is given to the presence in a genus of interspecific hybrids. Species are held to have in common certain characteristics of taste and odor. As Frans Stafleu (1921-1997) noted, "This dissertation contained the terms of Linnaeus's theory on the hierarchy of taxa" (Linnaeus and the Linnaeans, p. 145).
Respondent: Christian Emmanuel Hoppius (1736–?)
Title: ... in qua Anthropomorpha ...
Date of Defense: 6 September 1760
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-16, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Anthropomorpha.
Soulsby Title: Anthrop.
Drake Title: Anthropomorpha.
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Abstract: An account of four species of the genus Simia, considered by Linnaeus to include most apes and monkeys (restricted by later authors to the chimpanzee). Much of the data are from literature accounts, later known to be erroneous. The dissertation generated dissension among some theologians for its alliance of humans with the apes.
Respondent: Christian Fredrik Rosenthal (1740–1810)
Title: Flora Belgica, ...
Date of Defense: 15 October 1760
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-23
Lidén Title: Flora belgica.
Soulsby Title: Fl. Belg.
Drake Title: Flora Belgica.
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Abstract: Essay based on Jan Commelin's (1629-1692) Catalogus plantarum indigenarum, 1709 and David de Gorter's (1717-1783) Flora Gebro-Zutphanica, 1745-1747.
Respondent: Pehr Jerlin (1739–1773)
Title: Macellum olitorium, ...
Date of Defense: {20} December 1760
Paginations: [v], [1], 7-23, [1]
Lidén Title: Macellum olitorium.
Soulsby Title: Mac. olit.
Drake Title: Macellum Olitorium.
Note: Three copies have day supplied in manuscript; one copy has day left blank. Also, p. 8 misnumbered 6 in all four copies.
Abstract: An essay on 77 species of plants native to Sweden or commonly cultivated there and useful as culinary vegetables, providing for each: data on parts eaten, preparation for eating, taste, nutritional value, and growth duration.
Respondent: Henrik Ullmark (1740–1771)
Title: Prolepsis Plantarum, ...
Date of Defense: 22 December 1760
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-22
Lidén Title: Prolepsis plantarum.
Soulsby Title: Prol. pl. 1760
Drake Title: Prolepsis Plantarum.
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Abstract: An essay on the ontogeny of the flower, from time of bud initiation to anthesis. Linnaeus conceived the flower bud, the reproduction unit of higher plants, to be analagous with animal sexual anatomy, and held that for trees, six years were required for complete bud formation. Without supporting evidence, he adduced that in the first year medullary and cortical material are produced; in the second, the bud scales are formed; in the third, the floral cup of perianth; in the fourth, the petals; in the fifth, the stamens; and in the sixth, the pistil (gynoecium). Includes a dedication by Adam Kuhn, Linnaeus' only pupil from America.
Respondent: Jacob Printz (1740–1779)
Title: Plantae rariores Africanae, ...
Date of Defense: {22} December 1760
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-28
Lidén Title: Plantae rariores africanae.
Soulsby Title: Pl. rar. Afr.
Drake Title: Plantae Rariores Africanae.
Note: One copy has day supplied in manuscript; two copies have day left blank.
Abstract: Describes 100 South African plants, based on a collection sent from the Cape of Good Hope. Also includes a list of African plants, intended as a supplement to the dissertation defended by Carl Henriksson Wänman, Flora Capensis.
Respondent: Eric Vigelius (1730–after 1797)
Title: Diaeta acidularis, ...
Date of Defense: 18 February 1761
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-12
Lidén Title: Diaeta acidularis.
Soulsby Title: Diaet. acid.
Drake Title: Diaeta Acidularis.
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Abstract: An essay on some human diseases and their treatment with mineral waters.
Respondent: Olof Reinhold Alander (b. 1739)
Title: ... sistens Inebriantia, ...
Date of Defense: {7 April} 1761 {1762}
Paginations: [vi], [1], 8-26
Lidén Title: Inebriantia.
Soulsby Title: Inebr.
Drake Title: Inebriantia.
Note: Two copies have day and month supplied in manuscript and year corrected in manuscript; one copy lacks day and month.
Abstract: The term "inebriant" is used in this dissertation in the broadest sense, for any drug that was known to be a narcotic or intoxicant. The thesis is an account of both natural and artificial intoxicants.
Respondent: Henric Sparschuch (1742–1786)
Title: ... in qua Potus Coffee leviter adumbratur, ...
Date of Defense: 16 December 1761
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-18, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Potus coffeae.
Soulsby Title: Pot. coff.
Drake Title: Potus Coffeae.
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Abstract: A medico-botanical study of coffee as a beverage, of the coffee plant (Coffea arabica L.), and of the harvesting and preparation of coffee beans. An historical review of the use of the beverage is given, noting that Europe's first "coffee house" was opened in Marseilles in 1671. The preparation of different kinds of coffee, utilizing many other ground seeds as flavorants, is described.The account treats it to be more important for medicinal usage than as a beverage, noting it to be an anti-aphrodisiac, noxious to mental illnesses, and responsible for excessive flatulence and indigestion (allegedly sometimes fatal) when ingested to excess. Linnaeus reported that headaches are frequently relieved by drinking coffee.
Respondent: Johan Gustaf Acrel (1741–1801)
Title: ... de Morsura Serpentum, ...
Date of Defense: 16 June 1762
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-19, [1] (1 figure)
Lidén Title: Morsura serpentum.
Soulsby Title: Mors. serp.
Drake Title: Morsura Serpentum.
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Abstract: A medico-zoological study of venomous snakes and snakebite poisoning. The skeletal and muscular anatomy of snakes' heads are discussed and figured. The symptoms of snakebites are given for many species, together with treatments for same. The uses of strychine and Polygala senega as antidotes, as well as olive oil, are documented.
Respondent: Johan Elmgren (1740–1794)
Title: Termini Botanici, ...
Date of Defense: 22 June 1762
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-32
Lidén Title: Termini botanici.
Soulsby Title: Term. bot.
Drake Title: Termini Botanici.
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Abstract: A classified glossary, with explanatory notes, of 673 latin terms used by Linnaeus in his plant descriptions. The work, which was the first of its kind, was widely translated and re-published.
Respondent: Johan Peter Falck (1733–1774)
Title: Planta Alströmeria, ...
Date of Defense: 23 June 1762
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-16, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Planta Alströmeria.
Soulsby Title: Pl. Alstr.
Drake Title: Planta Alströmeria.
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Abstract: Linnaeus received seed of this Chilean plant, Alstroemeria ligtu L., from Claes Alströmer, who sent it from Cadiz, Spain.
Respondent: Birger Martin Hall (1741–1814)
Title: ... sistens Nectaria Florum, ...
Date of Defense: 25 June 1762
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-16
Lidén Title: Nectaria florum.
Soulsby Title: Nect. fl.
Drake Title: Nectaria Florum.
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Abstract: An essay on the presence, kinds and functions of nectar glands in flowers. It is the first detailed report on the subject and it gives examples of plants having the various kinds of nectaries.
Respondent: Johan Martin Gråberg (1741–1793)
Title: Fundamentum Fructificationis, ...
Date of Defense: 16 October 1762
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-24
Lidén Title: Fundamentum fructificationis.
Soulsby Title: Fund. fr.
Drake Title: Fundamentum Fructificationis.
Note: Two copies have spelling of 'stiperdiarus' corrected in manuscript to 'stipendiarius'.
Abstract: An essay on the morphology of all floral parts and organs, with a review of their concepts and terminology by pre-Linnaean authors.
Respondent: Knut Augustin Lenaeus (1738–1799)
Title: ... de Meloë vesicatorio, ...
Date of Defense: 20 {22?} December 1762
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1]
Lidén Title: Meloe vesicatoria.
Soulsby Title: Meloë
Drake Title: Meloë Vesicatorio.
Note: Two copies have a title page dated 20 December 1762; one of these copies also has an additional title page dated 22 December 1762.
Abstract: A study of European vesicatory (blister-producing) insects having the properties of the Cantharides fly, chiefly the blistering fly (Meloe cichorii). The report describes the insects, hosts and habitats and includes prescriptions for the use of vesicating plasters.
Respondent: Johan Martin Reftelins (Reftelius) (1740–1799)
Title: Reformatio Botanices, ...
Date of Defense: 18 December 1762
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-21, [2]
Lidén Title: Reformatio botanices.
Soulsby Title: Reform. bot.
Drake Title: Reformatio Botanices.
Note: P. 20 misnumbered 22 in two of four copies.
Abstract: A treatise on botanical history, divided into three periods: (1) post-Renaissance, (2) that of the pre-Linnaean systematists, and (3) under the aegis of Linnaeus. The third period received the most attention. Here Linnaeus cited (as of 1762) those of his pupils who travelled to foreign lands, and the contemporary writers who adopted his system of classification in their works.
Respondent: Georg (Jöran) Rothman (1739–1778)
Title: De Raphania ...
Date of Defense: 27 May 1763
Paginations: [iii], [1], 2-21, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Raphania.
Soulsby Title: Raphania
Drake Title: Raphania.
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Abstract: A botanico-medical treatise on the disease Raphania (ergotism), recognized by Linnaeus to result from eating bread from freshly harvested grain and erroneously ascribed to presence of seed of the weed Raphanus raphanistrum L. (radish). The latter is included in the plate, with a botanical description.
Respondent: Johan Salberg (1741–1810)
Title: Fructus esculenti, ...
Date of Defense: 11 June 1763
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-22
Lidén Title: Fructus esculenti.
Soulsby Title: Fr. escul.
Drake Title: Fructus Esculenti.
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Abstract: An account of 133 edible fruits including those of native Swedish species, classified under berries, plums, pomaceous fruits, podded fruits, grains and nuts.
Respondent: Carl Magnus Blom (1737–1815)
Title: ... sistens Lignum Qvassiae, ...
Date of Defense: 28 May 1763
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-13, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Lignum Quassiae.
Soulsby Title: Lign. Qvas.
Drake Title: Lignum Qvassiae.
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Abstract: An account of Surinam quassia wood (Quassia amara L.) of the Simaroubaceae, whose bitter root was used medicinally to treat numerous illnesses, including malaria.
Respondent: Boas Johansson (1742–1809)
Title: Centuria Insectorum Rariorum, ...
Date of Defense: 23 June 1763
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-32
Lidén Title: Centuria insectorum rariorum.
Soulsby Title: Cent. insect.
Drake Title: Centuria Insectorum Rariorum.
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Abstract: Descriptions of 100 rare insect species that were sent to Linnaeus from Carolina and Pennsylvania as well as from Surinam and Java. Discusses improvements that the Linnaean system has brought to the study of insects.
Respondent: Johan Jakob Ferber (1743–1790)
Title: ... de Prolepsi Plantarum, ...
Date of Defense: 22 June 1763
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-18
Lidén Title: Disquisitio de prolepsi plantarum.
Soulsby Title: Prol. pl. 1763
Drake Title: De Prolepsi Plantarum.
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Abstract: The plan of this speculative essay is similar to that of his dissertation Prolepsis plantarum on flower bud ontogeny, but deals with the ontogeny of the vegetative plant with emphasis on the physiology of growth and the development of bulbs and vegetative buds.
Respondent: Christian Lado (1741–after 1770)
Title: ... in qua Motus polychrestus delineatur, ...
Date of Defense: 23 December 1763
Paginations: [iii], [1], 2-20
Lidén Title: Motus polychrestus.
Soulsby Title: Mot. polychr.
Drake Title: Motus Polychrestus.
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Abstract: An essay on the importance of physical exercise as a preservative and restorative of good health. Diseases caused by inactivity include hypochondriasis, asthmatic conditions, constipation, tuberculosis, and severe hemi-cranial headaches.
Respondent: Jonas Carl Tengborg (1740–1788)
Title: Hortus Culinaris, ...
Date of Defense: 20 {21} June 1764
Paginations: [v], [1], 7-26
Lidén Title: Hortus culinaris.
Soulsby Title: Hort. cul.
Drake Title: Hortus Culinaris.
Note: Date corrected in manuscript in all three copies.
Abstract: An essay on edible and economic plants of Sweden, their culture and hardiness. Includes those then in use and others suggested.
Respondent: Peter Bergius (1740–1819)
Title: ... in qua Spiritus Frumenti proponitur, ...
Date of Defense: 19 December 1764
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-20
Lidén Title: Spiritus frumenti.
Soulsby Title: Spir. frum.
Drake Title: Spiritus Frumenti.
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Abstract: An historical account of the distillation of spirits from grains and other fruits, first reported in Europe by Arnold de Villa Nova (ca. 1315), after which a grape brandy was an important article of commerce in Venice. Details are given on manufacture of grain spirits in Sweden, together with their use when treating various disorders medicinally. The physical penalties from excessive use as intoxicants are reviewed from both moral and political viewpoints.
Respondent: Daniel Johan Öhrqvist (1738–?)
Title: ... de Diaeta per scalam aetatis humanae observanda, ...
Date of Defense: {20 December} 1764
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-12
Lidén Title: Diaeta aetatum.
Soulsby Title: Diaet. scal.
Drake Title: Diaeta per Scalam Aetatis Humanae observanda.
Note: Both copies have the day and month supplied in
Abstract: A medical essay on physiological changes experienced by man, from birth to death, with diet prescriptions for each period, and the disorders that may be avoided by adherence to the author's recommendations.
Respondent: Wilhelm Le Moine (ca. 1735–1790)
Title: Opobalsamum declaratum ...
Date of Defense: 22 December 1764
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-19 (i.e., 18)
Lidén Title: Opobalsamum declaratum.
Soulsby Title: Opobals.
Drake Title: Opobalsamum Declaratum in Dissertat. Medica.
Note: Both copies have page 18 misnumbered as 19; one copy also has page 16 misnumbered as page 19.
Abstract: This is about the shrub Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engler (Burseraceae) from whose gum the Balm of Gilead is produced. It was discovered by Pehr Forsskål, a pupil of Linnaeus, near Medina, Felix Arabia (Yemen).
Respondent: Daniel Weser (1743–1784)
Title: ... de Hirudine, ...
Date of Defense: {6} May {March} 1764 {1765}
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1]
Lidén Title: Hirudo.
Soulsby Title: Hirudo
Drake Title: De Hirudine.
Note: All three copies have the date on the title
Abstract: An essay on the use and efficacy of leeches for blood-letting, including the anatomy and natural history of leeches, the means of obtaining them and the opinions of the ancients.
Respondent: Anders Petrus Bäckman (1744–1766)
Title: ... Fundamenta Ornithologica exhibituram, ...
Date of Defense: 4 May 1765
Paginations: [v], [1], 6 (i.e., 7)-28, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Fundamenta ornithologica.
Soulsby Title: Fund. ornith.
Drake Title: Fundamenta Ornithologica.
Note: P. 7 misnumbered 6, p. 8 misnumbered 7.
Abstract: An exposition of the fundamentals of Linnaeus' classification of birds, with a glossary. Includes biographical notes on ornithologists.
Respondent: Carl Ribben (1734–1803)
Title: Circa Fervidorum et Gelidorum Usum Paraenesis, ...
Date of Defense: 12 June 1765
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-23
Lidén Title: Fervidorum et gelidorum usus.
Soulsby Title: Ferv. gel.
Drake Title: Circa Fervidorum & Gelidorum Usum Paraenesis.
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Abstract: Discusses the medical hazards of eating extremely hot or cold foods and the resultant human ailments.
Respondent: Nils Skragge (1738–1787)
Title: ... qua Morbi Artificum leviter adumbrantur ...
Date of Defense: 15 June 1765
Paginations: [i], [1], 2 (i.e., 3)-12
Lidén Title: Morbi artificum.
Soulsby Title: Morb. artif.
Drake Title: Morbi Artificum.
Note: P. 3 misnumbered 2; p. 4 misnumbered 3.
Abstract: A study of industrial and occupational diseases, based in part on the writings of Bernardin Rammazini, 1633-1714. It treats the problems of miners, stone-quarrymen, painters, and also the hazards attendant to too close an application to any business or profession.
Respondent: Isaac Uddman (1731–1781)
Title: Lepra, ...
Date of Defense: 17 June 1765
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-14
Lidén Title: Lepra.
Soulsby Title: Lepra
Drake Title: Lepra.
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Abstract: An overview of leprosy, including hypotheses about causes, types of leprosy, possible treatments.
Respondent: Anton Hoffman (1739–1782)
Title: ... de Potu Chocolatae, ...
Date of Defense: 18 June 1765
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-10
Lidén Title: Potus chocolatae.
Soulsby Title: Pot. choc.
Drake Title: De Potu Chocolate.
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Abstract: A botanico-medical essay on the merits of drinking chocolate, flavored with vanilla. Botanical accounts are given of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) and of the vanilla orchid (Epidendrum vanilla L. = Vanilla fragrans). The preparation of the chocolate beans and of the beverage by the Spaniards is described. Linnaeus advocated use of the beverage as a pleasant drink and for treatment of hypochrondria and hemorrhoids
Respondent: Pehr Cornelius Tillaeus (1747–1827)
Title: Potus theae, ...
Date of Defense: 7 December 1765
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-16, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Potus thaeae.
Soulsby Title: Pot. theae
Drake Title: Potus Theae.
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Abstract: The first living plants of tea (Camellia sinensis L.) were brought to Sweden in 1763 by Captain Carl Gustaf Ekeberg (1716-1784), with help from Linnaeus. This was said to be the first successful introduction of the plant into Europe. This dissertation discusses the plant, its preparation and uses, the qualities of tea, and its medicinal use.
Respondent: Peter Strandman (1743–1779)
Title: ... sistens Purgantia Indigena, ...
Date of Defense: 26 February 1766
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-17, [1]
Lidén Title: Purgantia indigena.
Soulsby Title: Purg. indig.
Drake Title: Purgantia Indigena.
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Abstract: Provides a list of 24 plant species known or reported to have purgative qualities on ingestion. The plants listed were indigenous to or easily cultivated in Sweden.
Respondent: Alexander Von Karamyschew (1744–1791)
Title: ... demonstrans Necessitatem promovendae Historiae Naturalis in Rossia, ...
Date of Defense: { } May 1764
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-34, [10], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Necessitas promovendae historia naturalis in Rossia.
Soulsby Title: Hist. nat. Rossia
Drake Title: Diss. demonstrans Necessitatem Promovendae Historiae Naturalis in Rossia.
Note: Originally issued in 1764 , this dissertation was not publicly submitted until 1766; Strandell copy of original issue altered in ms. to {16} May {1766}.
Abstract: An essay encouraging the study of natural history in Russia, which mentions important naturalists of that country. Also includes a list of plants native to Russia. First issue printed in 1764, but not publicly submitted intil May 16, 1766.
Respondent: Alexander Von Karamyschew (1744–1791)
Title: ... demonstrans Necessitatem promovendae Historiae Naturalis in Rossia, ...
Date of Defense: 16 May 1766
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-34, [10], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Necessitas promovendae historia naturalis in Rossia.
Soulsby Title: Hist. nat. Rossia
Drake Title: Diss. demonstrans Necessitatem Promovendae Historiae Naturalis in Rossia.
Note: This is the reissued version for public submission.
Abstract: An essay encouraging the study of natural history in Russia, which mentions important naturalists of that country. Also includes a list of plants native to Russia. First issue printed in 1764, but not publicly submitted intil May 16, 1766.
Respondent: Matvey Ivanovic Aphonin (1739–1810)
Title: ... demonstrans Usum Historiae Naturalis in vita communi, ...
Date of Defense: 17 May 1766
Paginations: [vii], [1], 3-30, [2], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Usus historiae naturalis in vita communi.
Soulsby Title: Usum hist. nat.
Drake Title: Usus Historiae Naturalis in Vita Communi.
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Abstract: An essay on the importance of a knowledge of natural history to greater improvement of agriculture and horticulture, with emphasis on those kinds of plants best suited as food for each kind of domestic animal. The plate includes an illustration of Actaea cimicifuga L. (= Cimicifuga foetida L.), a plant then widely used in eastern Russia as an insecticide (especially against bedbugs).
Respondent: Abraham Österdam (1745–1776)
Title: Siren lacertina ...
Date of Defense: 21 June 1766
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Siren lacertina.
Soulsby Title: Siren lacert.
Drake Title: Siren Lacertina.
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Abstract: An account of the two-legged Siren lizard of South Carolina, Sirena lacertina L., sometimes known as the Carolina mud iguana.
Respondent: Johan Gabriel Bergman (1732–1793)
Title: ... de Effectu et Cura Vitiorum Diaeteticorum Generali, ...
Date of Defense: 10 December 1766
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-24
Lidén Title: Cura generalis.
Soulsby Title: Eff. cura vit.
Drake Title: Effectu & Cura Vitiorum Diaeteticorum Generali.
Note:
Abstract: A medical commentary, in amplification of part one of Linnaeus' pamphlet Clavis medicinae, on cardiovascular diseases. Physiological considerations are reviewed and their importance stressed. The influence of emotional stress is rejected. Arthritis, considered as a vascular disease, is reported as favorably responsive to a diet high in salted meat.
Respondent: Andreas Henricsson Berlin (1746–1773)
Title: ... Usum Muscorum breviter delineatura, ...
Date of Defense: 17 December 1766
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-14, [2]
Lidén Title: Usus muscorum.
Soulsby Title: Usum musc.
Drake Title: Usus Muscorum.
Note:
Abstract: An historical study of the economic uses of lichens in Sweden (including Lapland)
Respondent: Johan Carl Roos (1745–1828)
Title: ... Mundum invisibilem breviter delineatura, ...
Date of Defense: 6 {7} March 1767
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-23
Lidén Title: Mundus invisibilis.
Soulsby Title: Mund. invis.
Drake Title: Mundus Invisibilis.
Note: Day corrected in manuscript on both copies.
Abstract: A medico-botanical treatise on airborne spores and microorganisms, some of which Linnaeus believed to be responsible for infectious diseases. The thesis is based on the studies of Baron Otto von Münchausen, who corresponded with Linnaeus and whose observations of fungus-caused smut of barley and wheat, along with the dust of fungi, led him to conclude that these are the ova of animalcules, which raised doubts as to whether fungi should be classed with animals or plants.
Respondent: Johan Gråberg (1741–1793)
Title: ... de Haemoptysi, ...
Date of Defense: 13 May 1767
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-14
Lidén Title: Haemoptysis.
Soulsby Title: Haemopt.
Drake Title: De Haemoptysi.
Note:
Abstract: A medical essay on spitting of blood, a condition which Linnaeus held should not be confused with other bleeding from the mouth, since it was of pulmonary origin and not from the nose or stomach. Tuberculosis of the lungs is given as its primary cause.
Respondent: Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828)
Title: ... de Venis resorbentibus ...
Date of Defense: 2 June 1767
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-10
Lidén Title: Venae resorbentes.
Soulsby Title: Ven. resorb.
Drake Title: Venis Resorbentibus.
Note:
Abstract: A medico-physiological study of the interrelationship of the lymphatic system and the vascular anatomy.
Respondent: Henric Gahn (1747–1816)
Title: Fundamenta Agrostographiae ...
Date of Defense: 27 June 1767
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-38, tabs. 1-2
Lidén Title: Fundamenta agrostographiae.
Soulsby Title: Fund. agrost.
Drake Title: Fundamenta Agrostographiae.
Note:
Abstract: Provides a classified list of some 850 species of grasses of economic importance, preceded by a history of prior studies of grasses.
Respondent: Carl Gustaf Laurin (1737–1773)
Title: ... de Menthae usu, ...
Date of Defense: 30 June 1767
Paginations: [v], [1], 3-11, [1]
Lidén Title: Menthae usus.
Soulsby Title: Menthae
Drake Title: Menthae Usus.
Note:
Abstract: An essay on the kinds of mints (Mentha spp.) useful in medicinal preparations.
Respondent: Anders Johan Blad (1748–1834)
Title: Fundamenta Entomologiae, ...
Date of Defense: {14} June 1767
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-34
Lidén Title: Fundamenta entomologiae.
Soulsby Title: Fund. entom.
Drake Title: Fundamenta Entomologiae.
Note: Both copies lack day --Soulsby gives day as [XIV].
Abstract: Provides an historical review of entomology with a list of 32 pre-Linnaean authors, instructions on how to collect and preserve insects, and the fundamentals of their classification.
Respondent: Johan Adolph Wadström (1748–1809)
Title: ... sistens Metamorphosin Humanam, ...
Date of Defense: 16 December 1767
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-18, 1 table
Lidén Title: Metamorphis [sic] humana.
Soulsby Title: Metam. hum.
Drake Title: Metamorphosis Humana.
Note:
Abstract: A classification establishing 12 periods through which the human body develops from birth to death, based on anatomical, physiological and pathological factors.
Respondent: Adolph Fredric Wedenberg (1743–1828)
Title: ... de Varietate Ciborum ...
Date of Defense: 19 December 1767
Paginations: [iii], 4-19, [1]
Lidén Title: Varietas ciborum.
Soulsby Title: Var. cib.
Drake Title: De Varietate Ciborum.
Note: One copy has day altered in manuscript to {18} (i.e., changed from XIX to XIIX). One copy contains a correction on p. 8, line 15: Arata is corrected to Aurata.
Abstract: A medico-nutritional essay on the wide range of foodstuffs eaten by man and a classification of these foods into 10 groups. Discusses effects of diets in which each group dominates and the diseases which might result. Linnaeus' concluding advice is "Ne quid nimis," nothing in excess.
Respondent: Henrik Tonning (1732–1796)
Title: ... sistens Rariora Norvegiae ...
Date of Defense: 27 February 1768
Paginations: [vi], [1], 2-19, [1] (1 text figure)
Lidén Title: Rariora norvegiae.
Soulsby Title: Rar. Norv.
Drake Title: Rariora Norvegiae.
Note:
Abstract: A treatise on the natural history of Norway, with credits to Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718-1773), Bishop of Trondheim and to J. Ström of Bergen. Presented are lists of rare animals and plants, with emphasis on those not found in Sweden. Report is given also of fruits of tropical American plants deposited from the sea along the coast in quantity. Among them are seeds of Cassia, Anacardium (cashew nuts), Cucurbita lagenaria L., the coconut, and Piscidia erythrina L. Included is an interpretation by Bishop Gunnerus of the identity of a sea-serpent, presuming it to be a number of sturgeon swimming in a row. Medicinal plants are enumerated separately, with notes on their uses. The thesis concludes with a description of an African plant named Gunnera L.
Respondent: Jöns Flygare (1746–1806)
Title: ... de Coloniis Plantarum, ...
Date of Defense: 15 June 1768
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-13
Lidén Title: Coloniae plantarum.
Soulsby Title: Colon. pl.
Drake Title: Coloniis Plantarum.
Note:
Abstract: Treats the migrations and colonizations of plants, in Sweden and elsewhere.
Respondent: Johan Grysselius (1738–1788)
Title: ... de Medico sui ipsius, ...
Date of Defense: {11} January 1768
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-12
Lidén Title: Medicus sui ipsius.
Soulsby Title: Medicus
Drake Title: Medico Sui Ipsius.
Note: Our copy has day supplied in manuscript; month is printed as Jun. [Soulsby says January].
Abstract: An essay on being one's own physician, the abuses that are injurious to a healthy constitution and the diseases for which each one may be the causal agent.
Respondent: Carl Henriksson Wänman (1733–1797)
Title: ... de Morbis Nautorum Indiae, ...
Date of Defense: 5 November 1768
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-4
Lidén Title: Morbi nautarum Indiae.
Soulsby Title: Morb. naut.
Drake Title: Morbis Nautarum Indiae.
Note:
Abstract: This brief work concerns diseases observed during a voyage to the East Indies.
Respondent: Anders Sparrman (1748–1820)
Title: ... sistens iter in Chinam ...
Date of Defense: 30 November 1768
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-16
Lidén Title: Iter in Chinam.
Soulsby Title: Iter Chin.
Drake Title: Iter in Chinam.
Note:
Abstract: An enumeration of natural history subjects observed by Sparrman during his voyage to China.
Respondent: Carl Johan Luut (1746–1816)
Title: Flora Åkeroensis, ...
Date of Defense: 23 December 1769
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-20
Lidén Title: Flora åkeröensis.
Soulsby Title: Fl. Åker.
Drake Title: Flora Åkeröensis.
Note:
Abstract: An enumeration of 478 species of plants on the island of Åkerö, in Lake Yngaren, in the province of Södermandland in southeast Sweden.
Respondent: Johan A. Dahlgren (1744–1797)
Title: ... de Erica ...
Date of Defense: 19 December 1770
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Erica.
Soulsby Title: Erica
Drake Title: Erica.
Note: P. 14 misnumbered 10.
Abstract: An account of the genus Erica, noting species found in Europe, the tropics and South Africa.
Respondent: Georg Hallenberg (1746–1814)
Title: ... de Dulcamara ...
Date of Defense: 29 May 1771
Paginations: [i], [1], 3-14
Lidén Title: Dulcamara.
Soulsby Title: Dulcamara
Drake Title: Dulcamara.
Note:
Abstract: The herb Solanum dulcamara L. (nightshade, or deadly nightshade) was used as an internal medicine and as a heart stimulant by Linnaeus in the Royal Naval Hospital, Stockholm, in 1738.
Respondent: Daniel Henric Söderberg (1750–1781)
Title: Pandora et Flora Rybyensis, ...
Date of Defense: 26 June 1771
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-23, [1]
Lidén Title: Pandora et flora rybyensis.
Soulsby Title: Pand. fl. Ryb.
Drake Title: Pandora & Flora Rybyensis.
Note:
Abstract: A record of the plants and insects observed by Söderberg at Ryby (near Stockholm), the residence of Linnaeus' closest friend, Abraham Bäck (1713-1795).
Respondent: Adolf Murray (1751–1803)
Title: Fundamenta Testaceologiae ...
Date of Defense: 29 June 1771
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-43, tabs. I, II
Lidén Title: Fundamenta testaceologiae.
Soulsby Title: Fund. test.
Drake Title: Fundamenta Testaceologiae.
Note:
Abstract: A monograph of mollusks and other shellfish, with details on their structure, terminology, physiology and classification. Includes a history of pre-Linnaean conchology with brief biographical notes on the authors of that literature.
Respondent: Pehr Cornelius Tillaeus (1747–1827)
Title: ... de varia Febrium intermittentium curatione, ...
Date of Defense: 11 December 1771
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-56, [2]
Lidén Title: Febrium intermittentium curatio varia.
Soulsby Title: Febr. interm.
Drake Title: Varia Febrium Intermittentium Curatione.
Note:
Abstract: On the causes and cures of intermittent fever.
Respondent: Jonas Ullholm (1746–1819)
Title: Respiratio Diaetetica, ...
Date of Defense: 29 April 1772
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-26
Lidén Title: Respiratio diaetetica.
Soulsby Title: Resp. diaet.
Drake Title: Respiratio Diaetetica.
Note:
Abstract: An essay on the kinds of air alleged to be most beneficial to health, accompanied by an explanation of the respiratory process and the anatomy of the lungs.
Respondent: Ernst Joachim (Magnus) von Heidenstam (1745–1803)
Title: ... de Haemorrhagiis ex Plethora, ...
Date of Defense: 23 May 1772
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-32
Lidén Title: Haemorrhagia ex plethora.
Soulsby Title: Haemor. pleth.
Drake Title: Haemorrhagiis ex Plethora.
Note:
Abstract: An essay on bleeding caused by a greater volume of blood in the circulatory sytem than the heart can accommodate and keep in constant circulation.
Respondent: Sven Anders Hedin (1750–1821)
Title: Fraga vesca ...
Date of Defense: 26 May 1772
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-13, [1]
Lidén Title: Fraga vesca.
Soulsby Title: Fraga
Drake Title: Fraga Vesca.
Note:
Abstract: On the medical usefulness of strawberries (Fragaria vesca L.) in the treatment of gout, based largely on Linnaeus' favorable findings when so treating himself in the summers of 1750 and 1751.
Respondent: Johan Lindwall (1743–1796)
Title: Observationes in Materiam medicam, ...
Date of Defense: 5 June 1772
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-8
Lidén Title: Observationes in materiam medicam.
Soulsby Title: Obs. mat. med.
Drake Title: Observationes in Materiam Medicam.
Note:
Abstract: A compendium on the medicinal and pharmacological uses of the enumerated species of plants, to which is appended a second listing of species of only putative therapeutic value. Linnaeus supported in this thesis the opinion that medicinal qualities of plants often are correlated with a group of species having common botanical affinities.
Respondent: Christian Ernst Boecler (1742–1800)
Title: De Suturis Vulnerum in genere ...
Date of Defense: 27 June 1772
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-21, [1]
Lidén Title: Suturae vulnerum.
Soulsby Title: Sutur. vuln.
Drake Title: Suturis Vulnerum in Genere.
Note: One copy has [iv] preliminary pages, not [ii].
Abstract: On the different methods of sewing up wounds.
Respondent: Johan Hornborg (1750 – ?)
Title: Planta cimicifuga, ...
Date of Defense: { } September 1774
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-10, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Planta cimicifuga.
Soulsby Title: Cimicifuga
Drake Title: Planta Cimicifuga.
Note: One copy lacks day.
Abstract: A medico-botanical account of the genus Cimicifuga L. (Ranunculaceae), and especially of the Eurasian species.
Respondent: Petrus Holmberger (1745–1807)
Title: ... de Esca Avium Domesticarum, ...
Date of Defense: {26} November 1774
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-15
Lidén Title: Esca avium domesticarum.
Soulsby Title: Esca avium
Drake Title: Esca Avium Domesticarum.
Note: One copy has day supplied in manuscript and corrections on p. 15 which have been incorporated in the 1785
Abstract: An account of the results of experiments directed to ascertain what kinds and numbers of insects and seeds are eaten by poultry.
Respondent: Johan Adolph Dahlgren (1744–1797)
Title: ... de Maro ...
Date of Defense: 3 December 1774
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-18
Lidén Title: Marum.
Soulsby Title: Marum
Drake Title: De Maro.
Note:
Abstract: On the medicinal properties of the Mediterranean shrub Teucrium marum L. (Labiatae).
Respondent: Daniel Wickman (1741–1800)
Title: ... de Viola Ipecacuanha, ...
Date of Defense: 16 December 1774
Paginations: [iii], [1], 5-12
Lidén Title: Viola Ipecacuanhae.
Soulsby Title: Viola ipecac.
Drake Title: Viola Ipecacuanha.
Note:
Abstract: A dissertation on the medical use and botany of ipecac root, Hybanthus ipecacuana.
Respondent: Jacob Alm (1754–1821)
Title: Plantae Surinamenses, ...
Date of Defense: 23 June 1775
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-18, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Plantae surinamenses.
Soulsby Title: Pl. Surin.
Drake Title: Plantae Surinamenses.
Note:
Abstract: An account of a collection of herbarium specimens of Surinam (Dutch Guiana) plants, given to Linnaeus by Sweden's King Gustavus III. Many of the new species were later included by Carl von Linné fil. in his Supplementum plantarum systematis vegetabilium (1781),
Respondent: Johan Peter Westring (1753–1833)
Title: ... de Ledo palustri, ...
Date of Defense: 25 October 1775
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-18
Lidén Title: Ledum palustre.
Soulsby Title: Ledum
Drake Title: De Ledo Palustri.
Note:
Abstract: An essay on the botany and history, as well as the medicinal and pharmacological properties, associated with the shrub of northern bogs, Ledu palustre L. (Ericaceae), noting that its aromatic odor is offensive to most insects and herbivorous animals and reporting its alleged effectiveness in the treatment of leprosy in Kamtschatka.
Respondent: Georg Eberhard Georgii (1755–1816)
Title: Opium, ...
Date of Defense: 15 November 1775
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-17, [1]
Lidén Title: Opium.
Soulsby Title: Opium
Drake Title: Opium.
Note:
Abstract: A medical essay on the properties and medicinal uses of opium, based substantially on a 1757 study by Balthsar Ludwig Tralles (1708-1797).
Respondent: Ernst Diedrich Salomon (1746–1790)
Title: ... de Scorbuto, ...
Date of Defense: {22} November 1775
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-23
Lidén Title: Scorbutus.
Soulsby Title: Scorb.
Drake Title: De Scorbuto.
Note:
Abstract: An essay on scurvy, which reports that in Sweden, scurvy is rare in districts where meat and vegetables are eaten, but common in those places where fish is predominant in the diet. Linnaeus concluded the cure to be vegetables, especially from his class Tetradynamie, which includes cider, fruits and cinchona bark.
Respondent: John Rotheram (1751–1804)
Title: Medicamenta Purgantia ...
Date of Defense: 22 November 1775
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-24
Lidén Title: Medicamenta purgantia.
Soulsby Title: Med. purg.
Drake Title: Medicamenta Purgantia.
Note: Day supplied in manuscript in both copies.
Abstract: A compendium of materia medica restricted to those medications (mostly of plant origin) useful as purgatives.
Respondent: Nils Avellan (1749–1780)
Title: ... de Perspiratione insensibili, ...
Date of Defense: {25} November 1775
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-11
Lidén Title: Perspiratio insensibilis.
Soulsby Title: Persp. insen.
Drake Title: Perspiratione Insensibili.
Note: Both copies have day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: [Abstract not available]
Respondent: Sven Anders Hedin (1750–1821)
Title: Canones Medici, ...
Date of Defense: 29 November 1775
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-12
Lidén Title: Canones medicae.
Soulsby Title: Canones med.
Drake Title: Canones Medici.
Note:
Abstract: [Abstract not available]
Respondent: Anders Dahl (1751–1789)
Title: ... Bigas Insectorum sistens, ...
Date of Defense: 18 December 1775
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-7, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Bigae insectorum.
Soulsby Title: Bigas insect.
Drake Title: Diss. Entomol. Bigas Insectorum sistens.
Note:
Abstract: This work provides descriptions of two new genera of insects, Diopsis (a dipterous fly) and Paussus, from the collection of John Fothergill, M.D. (1712-1780), who sent much New World material to Linnaeus.
Respondent: Erik Acharius (1757–1819)
Title: Planta Aphyteia, ...
Date of Defense: 22 June 1776
Paginations: [iv], [1], 6-12, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Planta Aphyteia.
Soulsby Title: Aphyteia
Drake Title: Planta Aphyteia.
Note:
Abstract: An account of Hydnora africana Thunb. (Hydnoraceae), a leafless parasite discovered by Carl Peter Thunberg in South Africa. This dissertation is the last over which Linnaeus acted as praeses.
Respondent: Carl Niclas Hellens (1745–1820)
Title: Hypericum, ...
Date of Defense: 20 November 1776
Paginations: [iv], [2], 3-14, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Hypericum.
Soulsby Title: Hypericum
Drake Title: Hypericum.
Note:
Abstract: A monograph of the plant genus Hypericum, in which are named and described 35 species. Detailed notes are given on H. Perforatum L. and its medicinal properties as a febrifuge. Carl von Linné fil. acted as praeses.
