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inflamed that his life was endangered, especially as Stobcens being 

 about to set off for the Mineral \\aters of Hehinborg, he was left 

 to the care of * * *. Siiell, however, having made an incision, the 

 whole length of his arm, restored him to his former health. He 

 nassed, tlierefore, the summer vacation with his parents in 

 fSm aland." 



Nobody seems to have been able to identify this " pessmia 

 omnium," as it is called in the Tenth Edition. We may, I think, 

 follow the example of Eailliet and regard it as one of the " para- 

 sites fabuleux." What probably stung Linnreus was a virulent 

 insect, which may very well have conveyed to his system some 

 pathogenic germs unknown in the tiuie of tlie great systeraatist. 



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