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Utanskrift:
Illustri Nobilique Domino
D“ Carolo Linné
Comiti van Line
Upsalio
Svecia.
Linn. Soc., Vol. II: 203—204.
1 y* = that.
230.
Dublin
Ireland
Septr 7th 1770.
Dr Sir
It is now some years since I had the pleasure of hearing from you;
I have been of late years much afflicted with the Gout & since then I
have been bussy in making some provision for the latter part of life,
untill then unthought of, & some other incidents have also helpt to
en-gage my attension. I am now however returned to this Kingdom, my
native country, where I hope to pass the remainder of my days, &
what gives me the more pleasure, is, that I am so much nearer, which
gives me hopes of hearing the oftener from you. I have been already
a considerable distance thro the country, & have seen only 2 plants
that I could not recolect ar.y thing of, & one a species of Anthericum,
growing frequent in our bogs. the other intirely unknown to me, five
petals, laping somewhat like the mallows with a calix; the Stam. five
& having the germen globose, simple Stile & Stigma, & many small
seeds. the piant grows thick in patches, & bears many flowers, but the
stalks seldom exceed 3 Inches, bear small roundish leaves, & opposite
from whose alse towards the top they emit single flowers. —
I do intend this winter to write a small tract on the venereal Disease
& new model the practice in that disorder in most cases. I have on
repeated tryals found that crude mercury mixes with rubarb perfectly
(the true belost’s pili) & many other vegitable substances, with the
admixture only of a little water which laid me to some discoveries that
may be very usefull to mankind. & therefore intend give them to the
public while I can* with a short acc. of the Yaws. The last edition
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