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LINN^US PROFESSOR AT UPSAL. 



copper-plate. Linn^us requested a copy of this portrait of Hal ler 

 himself, and sent him one of his gold medals in return. 



The dedication of this medal to Count Tessin, was both an honour 

 well deserved, and a happy idea, much to the advantage of Linn^us, 

 His exalted patron was encouraged in a most flattering manner in 

 the continuance of his patronage. Charmed with the noble example of 

 his patriotic fellow-citizens, he also gave Linn.^eus, in the following 

 year, a token of veneration, which was equally honourable to himself 

 and to the obje6l for whom it was destined. He ordered a medal to 

 be struck, representing on one side, the bust of Linn^us, and on 

 the other three crowns, on which the sun casts his beams, with this 

 simple but eloquent motto : Illiistrat — He illumviei*. 



Before Linn.?lus received those marks of private respeft of Count 

 Tessin, the lattter had already rewarded him with royal favour. Pro- 

 fessor Rosen, the colleague of Linn^us, furnished the Count with 

 an opportunity. Rosen, assisted by the advice of Hall er, had saved 

 the life of iht late King. That Prince was born on the 26th of 

 January 1746; in the second month he became so ill that all hopes 

 of his recovery were given up. Rosen was called from Upsal, and 

 insisted that the prince's nurse be immediately discharged. The Col- 

 lege of Physicians was against his determination, but found itself com- 

 pelled to give its assent; — in a short time after 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 



* This medal is of silver, and .-ibout the size of a Dutch gilder. In the tliree crowns, 

 which are a fine allusiou to the domination of Linnaeus in'the tliree reigns of nature, are 

 several of her attributes. In the first, the heads of an eagle, a lion and a whale are very 

 conspicuoKS, and the twoothcji bear plants and fragments of minerals. 



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