ABD PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETE¢. 
he was cured by the use of cichories recommended 
to him by the famous physician Rondeletius. - In his 
39th year m Spain. he broke his right;arm: close 
above the elhow, falling with ‘his horse, and soon 
after he had the same accident with his right thigh. 
{n his 55th year in Vienna he sprained his left foot ; 
and eight years afterwards dislocated his hip. This 
last dislocation’ was overlooked by his ,physician, 
and he had the misfortune to-walk for the remainder 
of his life. on crutches... The great pain and. dif- 
ficulty he had thus to suffer when walking, pre- 
vented him from taking the necessary exercise, in 
consequence of which he was affected with a hernia, 
obstructions in his abdomen, and calculous com- 
plaints. Thus miserable and unhealthy, tired of. 
the court of the emperor, where he had resided 
for fourteen years past, and finding besides the 
superintendence over the gardens there, too great 
a burden, he accepted in the year 1593 an in- 
vitation as Professor at Leyden, where he died 
April 6, 1609. Clusius was the greatest -genius of 
his age, and .prosecuted the study of botany with 
an enthusiastic zeal, and a perseverance, which was 
not equalled by any preceding philosophers, nor by 
any of his followers. His works* shew us the great 
botanist, and they will always remain valuable and in- 
dispensably necessary. The cuts annexed to them are 
* Caroli Clusit rariorum plantarum bistoria.. Tom. I. and 
{I. Antwerp. 1601. fol. He wrote several small. treatises, 
for instance, Plantae pannonicae, hispaniae, historia aromatum, 
which may be all found in the large work. . 
