104 LIFE OF LINNJBCS. 
brightening at Stockholm; and he'there- 
fore declined it with grateful thanks, 
since he now had hopes of succeeding 
in his native land. An apparently tri¬ 
fling circumstance led to this improve¬ 
ment in his fortunes. 
He had succeeded in relieving a 
friend, who applied to him on account 
of a complaint in the chest. This 
friend, grateful for his cure, lecom- 
mended the physician wherever he 
went. Many suffering from affections 
of the chest were induced to consult 
him. At length it began to be consid¬ 
ered that no person was so successful 
in cases of this kind. The lady of an 
aulic counsellor, who had a troublesome 
cough, was benefitted by his prescrip¬ 
tions. The medicine was made up in 
a form which allowed of her carrying it 
always about her, and using it at any 
time. One day, while at a card-party 
at court, her cough was troublesome, 
