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the improvers of his proper profession, 

 except as having 1 brought into notice 

 some popular remedies, and recorded 

 some curious dietetical observations. 



A moderate degree of opulence (consi- 

 derable indeed relatively to the country 

 in which he lived) attended the honour 

 and reputation which Linnjeus enjoyed. 

 He was enabled to purchase an estate and 

 villa at Hammerby, near Up sal, which 

 was his chief summer residence during 

 the last fifteen years of his life. Here he 

 had a museum of natural history, on 

 which he gave lectures; and here he oc- 

 casionally entertained his friends, but with 

 that (economy which had become a habit 

 with him, and which the possession of 

 wealth, as is frequently the case, rather 

 straightened than relaxed. His vigour 

 and activity continued to an advanced 

 period, though his memory ovcrbui thened 

 with such an immense load of names, be- 

 gan to fail after his sixtieth year. An at- 

 tack of apoplexy, in May 1774, obliged 

 him to relinquish the most laborious parts 

 of his professional duties, and to close his 

 literary toils In 1776 a second seizure 

 rendered him paralytic on the right side, 

 and reduced him to a deplorable state of 

 mental and bodily debility. An ulcera- 

 tion of the bladder was the concluding 

 symptom which earned him oft', on Jan- 

 uary 10, 1778, in the seventy-first year 

 of his age. A general mourning took place 

 at Upsal, at his death, and his body was 

 attended to the grave with every token 

 of respect. His memory received dis- 

 tinguished honours, not "only in his own 

 country, but from the friends of science 

 in various foreign nations. 



Linnaeus was below the middle stature, 

 but strong and muscular. His features 

 were agreeable, and his eyes were un- 

 commonly animated. His temper was 

 lively, ardent, irritable ; his indignation 

 warm, and his industry indefatigable. He 

 had a large share of natural eloquence, 

 and a good command of language, though 

 his perpetual study of things did not per- 

 mit him to pay much attention to the or- 

 naments of words. In society he was 

 easy and pleasant; in his domestic rela- 

 tions kind and afFectionate ; and in the or- 

 dinary commmerce of life upright and 

 honourable. His views of nature im- 

 pressed him with the most devout senti- 

 ments towards its author, and a glow of 

 unaffected piety is continually breaking 

 forth throughout his writings. If it be 

 generally true, that men of real merit are 

 modest estimators of themselves, he was 

 an exception to the rule ; for vanity was 

 His greatest foible, and no panegyrist 



could surpass what he has written to his 

 own praise in his diary. lie was, how- 

 ever, totally free from envv, and bestowed 

 applause liberally where it was deserved ; 

 nor did his love of fame cause him to 

 descend to personal controversies with 

 antagonists. He left a son and four 

 daughters. The former was joint pro- 

 fessor of botany with his father, and suc- 

 ceeded to his medical chair : he was well 

 acquainted with botanical science, but 

 had none of his father's genius. The 

 eldest daughter, Elizabeth-Christiana, had 

 a turn for observation, and became known 

 by her discovery of the luminous quality 

 of the flower tropoeolum, communicated 

 to the academy at Stockholm. 



Of the numerous works of Linnaeus, and 

 their different editions, particular cata- 

 logues are given in the works from which 

 this article is composed. Stover's Life of 

 Linnnxus. Pulteney's General View of 

 the Writings of Linnzeus, second edition, 

 by Dr. Maton, with the Diary of Linn <e us, 

 bv himself. 

 " LINNET. See LIVARIA. 



LINOCIERA, in botany, so named from 

 Geofroy Linocier, Physician at Tournon, 

 in the Vivarais, a genus of the Diandria 

 Monogynia class and order. Essential 

 character; calyx four-toothed; corolla 

 four-petalled; anthers connecting two 

 opposite petals at the base ; berry two- 

 celled. 



LINSEED, the seed of the plant linum. 



LI NS FINS, in the military art, small 

 pins of iron which keep the wheel of a 

 cannon, or waggon, on the axletree ; for 

 when the end of the axletree is put 

 through the nave, the linspin is put in, to 

 keep the wheel from falling off. 



LINSTOCK, in the military art, a 

 wooden staff, about three feet long, upon 

 one end of which is a piece of iron which 

 divides in two, turning from one another, 

 having each a place to receive a match, 

 and a screw to keep it fast : the other end 

 is pointed, and shod with iron, to stick in 

 the ground. It is used by gunners to 

 fire the guns. 



LINT, linum, from the flax of which 

 linen is made. 



In surgery, the term lint denotes the 

 scrapings of linen which is used in dress- 

 ing wounds, and is made up in various 

 forms, as tents, dossils, pledgets, Sec. 

 See SURGERY. 



LINUM, in botany, fax, a genus of the 

 Pentandria Pentagvnia class and order 

 Natural order of Gruinales. Caryophyl- 

 lesc, Jussieu. Gerania, Smith. Essential 

 character : calyx five-leaved ; petals five; 

 capsule ten-valved, ten-celled ; seeds soli- 



