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beck’s duties, had been obliged to take up some of 
Roberg’s. The result was that he neglected some of 
the topics which properly belonged to Rudbeck’s 
part, so that Chancellor Gustaf Bonde, when in 
February, 1738, made himself acquainted with 
University conditions, desired to know, if any botany 
was taught. Rudbeck answered that Assessor Rosen 
was responsible for that duty, but he did not know 
if any lectures had been delivered during the past 
two years or not. To the question, if anatomy was 
often taken up, the information was given that 
Assessor Rosen was specially diligent in this par¬ 
ticular. Rosen also taught physiology, pharmaceutic 
chemistry and physics, and thought this perfectly 
right, these sciences being the right arm for a surgeon, 
“ whilst botany was a velvet cuff which adorned it.” 
Rudbeck’s perfectly truthful answer to the 
Chancellor’s question concerning botanic teaching, 
gave rise to a long and very bitter quarrel, that laid 
bare the slack control reigning in many directions, 
to the detriment of important academic duties. The 
signal for this was given by Rosen, when, in March 
1738, he tendered an application to the King that he 
should be appointed as a third ordinary professor with 
Adjunct’s salary. He made this appeal on the ground 
of many years’ valuable service in the University, and 
might have attained his object without trouble, 
although some (Rudbeck and both O. and A. 
Celsius) favoured Linnaeus’s appointment, because in 
his application he had not referred to Roberg’s slack 
method of discharging his duties. The medical 
faculty, to whom this application had been remitted, 
referred it to the Consistory. A whole year was taken 
up in consideration of various details; but at length 
Rosen’s desire was approved by a majority. Rudbeck 
declared he could not see why the Consistory had 
made their decision so promptly, nor could he under¬ 
stand what duties were to be assigned to Rosen, 
should he teach botany; on oath and conscience he 
