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1 On January 19, 1747, his Majesty was pleased, 

 without any application from Linnaeus, and without his 

 even expecting it, to honour him with the rank and 

 title of Archiater.' l Stoever gives an account of this at 

 greater length. I abridge his version. 



' Before Linnaeus received this mark of private 

 respect from Count Tessin the microscopic medal he 

 had been rewarded with royal favour. Professor Rosen, 

 the colleague of Linnaeus, assisted by the advice of 

 Haller, had saved the life of the late king, an infant. 

 That prince was born on January 26, 1746. In the 

 second month he became so ill that all hopes of his 

 recovery were given up. Rosen was called from 

 Upsala. He insisted that the prince's nurse should be 

 immediately discharged. The College of Physicians 

 was against this determination, but was compelled to 

 give its assent. In a short time the prince recovered, 

 and Rosen was rewarded with presents, an annual 

 pension of 500 dollars, and the title of Dean of the 

 College of Physicians. Rosen was then the only man 

 who ever bore this title in Sweden. The court could 

 not overlook his colleague Linnaeus, who among all the 

 learned men of Sweden had rendered himself most 

 deserving in the learned world. 



August 23, 1746 : Linnaeus to Haller. l On my re- 

 turn from a journey of 256 miles' [Swedish: about 1,728 

 English miles] ' this summer, to the hills and seacoast 

 of West Gothland, I found your highly welcome letter.' 

 1 Diary. 



