Liden Number: 146
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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.
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Liden Number: 065
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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.
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Liden Number: 166
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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.
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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.
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Liden Number: 156
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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.
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Liden Number: 098
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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).
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Liden Number: 072
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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.
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Liden Number: 144
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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.
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Liden Number: 144.1
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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.
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Liden Number: 081
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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.
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Liden Number: 184
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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.
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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.
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Liden Number: 055
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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.
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Liden Number: 154
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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.
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Liden Number: 040
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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.
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Liden Number: 073
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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.
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Liden Number: 050
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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.
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Liden Number: 137
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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.
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Liden Number: 161
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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.
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Abstract: An enumeration of natural history subjects observed by Sparrman during his voyage to China.
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Liden Number: 148
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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.
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Abstract: An historical study of the economic uses of lichens in Sweden (including Lapland)
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Liden Number: 141
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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
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Liden Number: 085
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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.
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Liden Number: 095
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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.
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Liden Number: 005
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Respondent: Barthold Rudolph Hast (1724–1784)
Title: Amphibia Gyllenborgiana, ...
Date of Defense: 18 June 1745
Paginations:
[viii], [1], 2-34, [2]
Lidén Title: Amphibia Gyllenborgiana.
Soulsby Title: Amphib. Gyll.
Drake Title: Amphibia Gyllenborgiana.
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Abstract: Linnaeus' first publication to present his adopted method of zoological description. It provides an account of 24 species of amphibia in the collection of Count Carl Gyllenborg (1679-1746), which he presented to the University of Uppsala.
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Liden Number: 107
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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).
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Liden Number: 070
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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).
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Liden Number: 122
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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.
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