Till; BOTANISTS or I'll I LA I>KI.1'HI A. 



death, which occurred l>y the rupture of a blood vessel in 

 tlie lungs July >, IS23.* Col. Robert ( 'arr undertook the 

 care of the garden, which was in most excellent condition, 

 when a committee of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 visited it in LS30. 



ADAM KUHN, M. D. 



Adam Knhn, M. D., was born at Germantown, Phila- 

 delphia, November 17th. 1741 old style. His grandfather, 

 John Christopher Knhn, and his father, Adam Smith Kuhn, 

 were natives of Farfeld, a small town near Heilbronn. on 

 the Neckar, in the circle of Swabia. They both came to 

 Philadelphia in September, 1733.f 



Dr. Adam Kulm's first studies in medicine were directed 

 by his father, until the autumn of 17(51, when he sailed for 

 Europe and arrived at Upsal, by the way of London, in the 

 beginning of January. 17(52, having traversed Norway and 

 part of Sweden. He studied medicine and botany under 

 Linna'us, and the other professors of the University of 

 I'psal, until July or August, 17(54, when he returned to 

 London, where, it is believed, he remained a twelve-month. 

 The particular estimation in which he was held by Lin- 

 lueus will be sulliciently manifested by the letters of that 

 eminent man addressed to Dr. Kuhn, and published in the 

 Nh volume of the '' Eclectic Repository." They will also 

 serve to show his mil-emitted attention to his studies. 



At what time Dr. Kuhn went to Kdinburgh cannot be 

 precisely ascertained. He took his degree of Doctor of 

 Medicine in that l/niversity the 1'Jlh day of June, 17r>7. 



L849. DARLINGTON -M< nmriuls of Bart mm n<l Mni-xli'ill, ]i.'. 



i in the main irriuix- hull of the Cui i< _> . it Physicians, Philadelphia, 13th and 



Sli-ci'ls. is :in etching Of Ail:im Klllm by Alln-rl K 



