. Glimpses of medical Europe. ng. Besidesthe University there is a great Cathedral atUpsala that was begun before Columbusstarted for America and which has onlyrecently been finished. There is also an im-mense Slott (which may be translated palaceor castle as you choose). Both of these areworth the seeing. One can see here also thehome of Linnseus, for here it was the greatbotanist lived and worked. The main build-ing of the University, the library, and thestudents, with their white velvet caps andcanes, flitting about, constitute the chief at-tractions of the town for ordinary tourists. The m
. Glimpses of medical Europe. ng. Besidesthe University there is a great Cathedral atUpsala that was begun before Columbusstarted for America and which has onlyrecently been finished. There is also an im-mense Slott (which may be translated palaceor castle as you choose). Both of these areworth the seeing. One can see here also thehome of Linnseus, for here it was the greatbotanist lived and worked. The main build-ing of the University, the library, and thestudents, with their white velvet caps andcanes, flitting about, constitute the chief at-tractions of the town for ordinary tourists. The matter of making calls is in manyinstances a solemn one, but the custom ofleaving a visiting-card in the silver tray thatstands before the black marble which marks 48 UP SAL A the tomb of Linnaeus was almost as cheer-less as repaying certain dinner calls. Wewould not have been surprised if the sacristanhad said, Mr. Linnaeus is in, but is notreceiving. How this unique custom of leav-ing your card for the dead originated no one. Carl von seemed to know. But cards are left here bythe hundred each year, and when the silvertray is filled they are filed away in the von Linnaeus, the father of Botany,died here in Upsala in 1778. When he firstcame to Upsala, as a youth, his main stock intrade seemed to be a desire for an education,for it is said that he lived for many months 4 49 MEDICAL EUROPE on one meal a day. Dr. Celsius, a professorof divinity, happened to discover his pro-ficiency in botany and gave him a start. Hemade good with such rapidity that his firstpublished works aroused the jealously of theProfessor of Botany, Dr. Rosen, and uponsome pretext Rosen had Linnaeus dismissedfrom the University. This dismissal didntseem to affect Linnaeus work, for we soonhear of him as President of the Royal Acad-emy, and in 1741 he returned to Upsala totake the Chair of Botany and turn the laughon Professor Rosen. While Linnaeus was able to make hisdepartment in the Un
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