LINNvEUS PROFESSOR AT UPSAL. 
coppcr-plate. Linnjeub requested a copy of this portrait of Haller 
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 Linnaus. 
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 LinnjEus, in the following 
year, a token of veneration, which was equally honourable to himself 
and to the objeft for whom it was destined. He ordered a medal to 
be struck, representing on one side, the bust of Linnjeus, and on 
the other three crowns, on which the sun casts his beams, with this 
simple but eloquent motto * Illu&tYcit Tfc iIIuthztics . 
Before Linnaeus received those marks of private respeft of Count 
Tessin, the lattter had already rewarded him with royal favour. Pro- 
fessor Rosen, the colleague of Linnaeus, furnished the Count with 
an opportunity. Rosen, assisted by the advice of Haller, had saved 
the life of the 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 about the size of a Dutch gilder. In the three crowns, 
■which are a fine allusiou to the domination of Linnaeus in the three reigns of nature, are 
seveial of her attributes. In the first, the heads of an eagle, a lion and a whale ars very 
conspicuous, and the two others bear plants and fragments of minerals. 
