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LINNAEUS 
ance till the day before his death, entertaining him 
with the account of new discoveries in Natural His¬ 
tory. “ I can never forget,” says one of their conjoint 
pupils, J. G. Acrel, “ the conversations of these two 
great men on certain medicaments, their use and 
application, Rosenstein on his sick-bed with an old 
man’s experience, but with the fortitude and continu¬ 
ance of one of middle age.” On the 16th July of the 
same year, Linne journeyed from Uppsala to wait 
upon the King at Ekolsund, and on his return the 
next day, found that Rosen had ended his days. His 
sorrow for the departed was moving. He hastened 
to the house of death, standing by the bed where his 
dead friend lay, and burst out with, “ Here has a 
whole university closed its eyes.” It had been the 
wish of the University that Linne should deliver the 
memorial oration for the “ man of strictest probity in 
medicine in Sweden,” who had “ both learning and 
experience,” and it was only with the greatest trouble, 
in view of Linne’s age and greatly weakened health, 
that he was induced by his friends to forego that duty. 
Among the many who might be reckoned as in¬ 
timates during Linne’s professorship, a few may be 
briefly mentioned. During the early years after his 
removal to Uppsala, there were two, already recorded, 
namely the eminent astronomer, Professor A. Celsius, 
and his powerful advocate in the Wallerian dispu¬ 
tation, Professor Magnus Beronius. Both friendships 
were of short duration, as the former in 1744 quitted 
worldly scenes, and the latter in 1745 went to Kalmar 
to become Bishop. In 1764 he came back to Uppsala 
as Archbishop, but died in 1775, two years before 
Linne, so that he was unable to deliver the funeral 
oration as he had promised. Two other professors 
in later years were on the most familiar terms with 
Linne, namely the celebrated mathematician, Samuel 
Klingenstierna, and the not less famous orientalist, 
Johan Ihre. The former was almost a constant 
member of Linne’s household, even going so far as 
