34 BENEFIT OF 
Whilft i am thus employed in teftifying the 
feelings of a grateful mind, i ought not to for-* 
get your name, moil illuftrious Roberg, my 
predeceifor highly worthy of the utmofl vene- 
ration. As i am one of thofe who have had the 
happinefs of being educated in your fchool, i 
ihould be the moil ungratefull of men, if i 
were ever to fuffer the remembrance of fuch 
a benefit to flip out of my mind. 
It has been your lot, venerable fir, to fur- 
vive all your brethren ; and you may juftly 
boafl, what every phyfician now in Sweden 
will gratefully confefs, that to you, as to their 
faithful inftru£tor, they owe the beginning* 
the increafe, and the finifhing of their art. 
Nay not only the faculty at Upfal, but the 
whole circle here prefent ought to falute, and 
reverence you as fuperior to them all in age. 
Suffer then at laft your difciple to eafe 
you of that burthen, which for forty years, 
and more, you have fuftained, with ho- 
nor 5 that now, time having laid his heavy 
hand upon you, you may enjoy that reft, which 
his facred majefty has kindly granted to your 
willies. My fincere prayers are not wanting 
to the almighty, that he may grant you a 
chearfuli, and vigorous old age, and that 
every 
