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4c8 FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN.
rem (or moram) egi apud Newerk in comitatu Slothingui, et ibidem quamplures de
infirmitatibus fubfcriptis curavi.”” This manufcript is in vellum; it is rolled up, is of
great length, and divided into columns thus,
Reprefentations | Account of their | Anatomical Account of Figures.
of the fick complaintsand | figures, &c. for difeafes.
perfons. remedies. labours, &c.
By the fide of each reprefentation of a fick perfon, the nature of the malady is def-
cribed, with the remedy ufed. Above the reprefentations of labours, are explanatory
notes.
In the number of complaints, of which he has written pretty much at large, few are
omitted. One is mentioned, rather extraordinary for the time in which it was written,
the following is an exact copy of the original text: Pro morbo qui dicitur chaud piffe,
(the adjective in the mafculine gender.) Phe author thus {peaks of a cure that he
efleted. Quidam miles nobilis Ducis Lancaftria apud Algezir (in Hispania), Hiftoria
curate a Johanne Arderiam tortura oris.
Cabinet of natural hiftory ; itis under the direction of M. Engeftroeum, before whofe
appointment there was none; he is a profeflor of chemiftry, and has to teach gratis four
pupils: at the time we were there he had but ong, which tends to confirm what he
oblerved to us, that chemiftry and mineralogy, fciences of the utmoft importance to
Sweden, are very little regarded. _ This cabinet when we faw it, was not yet arranged:
it is in the building where the mint is kept, the edifice is new, tolerably {pacious, and
fituated at the end of the bridge, at the entrance of what is, properly {peaking, the city :
the portal has four columns funk in the wall, without any pedeftal; they are too large for
the building, and fail of effect. In the fame building is the magazine of polifhed por-
phyry and granite; the former from the quarries of Elfdel. The council of mines alfo
bold their fittings here. In the hall are the portraits of Charles XI. the founder, and
of all the prefidents of that department. In one of the antichambers are a number of
paintings reprefenting different views of the infide of Swedifh mines: the artift has
managed the fubject extremely well, and fo as to have a very fine effect. In order to
ebtain a felect colleGtion of Swedifh minerals, you have but to addrefs yourfelf to Mr.
Engerftroeum, if the fpecimens be {mall the price is four fkillings each, if large, fixteen
fkillings, or a plotte. A thoufand fpecimens form a very handfome collection.
Cabinet of Models. ‘This is adjoining the church of Ridderholm, in the former palace
of the King, a place which now iferves for a court of juftice. This cabinet confifts of a
fpacious hall, in which are ranged the models of various inventions, of greater or lefs
antiquity, and of improvements to different previous difcoveries: among the ceconomi-
cal models, you fee mills, machines for fowing grain, threfhing, cutting ftraw, &c.
There are hydraulic engines, furnaces ufed in the mines, plans of the manner the pumps
are acted upon, and the mineral drawn up. Models of light-houfes for the fecurity of
navigation. An arm chair, in which you may readily wheel yourfelf about. A ma-
chine which points out the range of a fhot or bomb when fired from gun or mortar,
and many others too tedious to enumerate, but which merit obfervation. Many pieces
are the invention of the famous engineer Po/beim, and a {lill greater number by M.
Norberg, father of the prefent director, who has travelled a great deal in Ruffia, par-
ticularly ia Siberia, and is confidered as very well informed in whatever regards me-
chanics. You pay 24 fkillings to the porter on admittance to the cabinet.
Gymnafia. Gymnatia are eflablifhed in almoft all the provinces, and are general in
the capital. Young people in thefe, ftudy an abridgement of the theological works
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