34 B E N E F I T O F 



Whilft i am thus employed in teflifying the 

 feelings of a grateful mind, i ought not to for- 

 get your name, moft illuflrious Roberg, my 

 predecefTor highly worthy of the utmoft vene- 

 ration. As i am one of thofe who have had the 

 happinefs of being educated in your fchool, i 

 ihould be the moft ungratefull of men, if i 

 were ever to fuffer the remembrance of fuch 

 a benefit to flip out of my mind. 



It has been your lot, venerable fir, to fur- 

 vive all your brethren •, and you may juftly 

 boaft, what every phyfician now in Sweden 

 will gratefully confels, that to you, as to their 

 faithful inftrudor, they owe the beginning, 

 the increafe, and the finifhing of their art. 

 Nay not only the faculty at Upfal, but the 

 whole circle here prefent ought to falute, and 

 reverence you as fuperior to them all in age. 



Suffer then at laft your difciple to eafe 

 you of that burthen, which for forty years, 

 and more, you have fuftained, with ho- 

 nor; that now, time having laid his heavy 

 hand upon you, you may enjoy that reft, which 

 his facred majefty has kindly granted to your 

 wiflies. My fincere prayers are not wanting 

 to the almighty, that he may grant you a 

 chearfull, and vio-orous old ao;e, and that 



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