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for Mr. Hunter, whilst Professor Linnaeus l went to call Dr. Heberden 

 and Dr. Pitcairne. All these gentlemen have been with him, and the 

 necessary remedies prescribed. I dare not say what the event will be, 

 but am not without hopes, notwithstanding the extreme danger with 

 which you know all paralytic strokes are attended. It was found 

 impossible , to move him ; Lady Banks has therefore been so kind as 

 to order an apartment for him in her house, and I shall quit him as 

 little as possible, particularly not to-night. You may judge of the 

 affliction of every one here. I am so much affected myself that I 

 know not what to say to you, but that I am most affectionately yours, 



C. BLAGDEN. 



It is a striking testimony of the regard in which 

 Solander was held, that the foremost physicians of the 

 day should be summoned to his side at the moment of 

 attack, and that the son and successor of his botanical 

 preceptor should be one of the messengers in search of 

 medical aid. All efforts were unavailing to prolong his 

 life, for he died at Soho Square on the 16th of the same 

 month. 



He is stated to have been a short, fair man, somewhat 

 stout, with small eyes, and a good-humoured expression of 

 countenance. The genus Solandra is his botanical memorial, 

 named after him by his fellow-countryman, Swartz. A full- 

 length portrait of him, by an unknown artist, in the posses- 

 sion of the Linnean Society (to which body it was given by 

 E. A. Salisbury), is here reproduced. 



1 Carl von Linn6, son of the eminent naturalist. 



