Liden Number: 138
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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.
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Liden Number: 139
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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.
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Liden Number: 140
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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.
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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: 142
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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.
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Liden Number: 143
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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.
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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: 145
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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).
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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: 147
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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.
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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.
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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: 149
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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.
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Liden Number: 150
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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.
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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.
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Liden Number: 151
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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.
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Abstract: A medico-physiological study of the interrelationship of the lymphatic system and the vascular anatomy.
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Liden Number: 152
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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.
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Abstract: Provides a classified list of some 850 species of grasses of economic importance, preceded by a history of prior studies of grasses.
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Liden Number: 153
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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.
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Abstract: An essay on the kinds of mints (Mentha spp.) useful in medicinal preparations.
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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: 155
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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.
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Abstract: A classification establishing 12 periods through which the human body develops from birth to death, based on anatomical, physiological and pathological factors.
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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: 157
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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.
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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.
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Liden Number: 158
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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.
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Abstract: Treats the migrations and colonizations of plants, in Sweden and elsewhere.
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Liden Number: 159
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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.
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Liden Number: 160
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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.
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Abstract: This brief work concerns diseases observed during a voyage to the East Indies.
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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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