'Najades Svecica'

Bound notebook with original cover, on medical springs and waters existing in the Swedish provinces, with commentaries from indigenous authors. Contents: p. 3. title page: 'Caroli Linnæi | Najades Svecicæ | a | marte impraegnatæ. | qvæ | Scaturigines Medicamentosas | seu | Aqvas Acidulares | pe...

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Main Author: Linné, Carl von
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Summary:Bound notebook with original cover, on medical springs and waters existing in the Swedish provinces, with commentaries from indigenous authors. Contents: p. 3. title page: 'Caroli Linnæi | Najades Svecicæ | a | marte impraegnatæ. | qvæ | Scaturigines Medicamentosas | seu | Aqvas Acidulares | per | Provincias Sveciæ detectas | recenset | cum | Scriptis auctorum indigen: et extero[rum]. | Modo imprægnationis a natura. | Proba Na[tur]alista[rum], p[ræ]cipitati[orum] chymista[rum] | Processu Potationis | Diæta utentis | usu in certis morbis | noxa in aliis circumstantiiis. | Fahlun 1734 Octobr.' p. 9. 'Auctores', in Swedish. p. 10. 'Sveci generales': with authors name, title, year, number of pages, place of pub., format, number of plates. p. 11. 'Sveci particulares' p. 13-14.list of 23 'Najades illibatae' p. 15. 'Examina' p. 16. Page with masculine sign p. 17. page with feminine sign p. 19. page with hermaphrodite sign p. 20-23: page with other signs of which I don't know the meaning (check my notes from Stearn to understand) p. 24. 'Reagentia' p. 25. 'Salia simplicia' p. 26. 'Spiritus' p. 31. 'Impraegnatio' p. 32-33. 'Vires' p. 35. 'Potatio' p. 36. 'Usus' (empty page) p. 37. 'Noxa' in the form of a list of noxious effects divided in 4 p. 39. 'Diaeta' (empty page) p. 41. 'Aer' p. 42. 'Cibus' p. 43. 'Potus': 'vina', 'cerevisia', 'spiritus', 'aqua' p. 44. 'Motus' p. 45. 'Quies' (empty page) p. 46. 'Somnus' p. 47. 'Vigilia' (empty page) p. 48. 'Excreta' : 'Venus heic summa malefica' p. 49. 'Retenta' : 'alrus simper paerta servetus' p. 50. 'Tranquillitas' p. 51. 'Moestitia' p. 52-53. 'Medicamenta' p. 61. 'Loca Natalia' in Swedish From then on, each page corresponds to a Swedish province. p. 62. 'Finlandia' p. 63. 'Lapponia' p. 64. 'Westrobotnia' p. 65. 'Angermannia' p. 66. 'Femtia' empty p. 67. 'Medelpadia' (empty page) p. 68. 'Helsingia' (empty page) p. 69. 'Gestricia' p. 70. 'Dalekartia' p. 71. 'Wessmannia' p. 72. 'Wermelandia' p. 73. 'Nericia' p. 74. 'Uplandia' p. 75. 'Sudermannia' p. 76. 'Ostrogothia' p. 77. 'Westrogothia' p. 78. 'Smolandia' Piece of rough paper between pp 78 and 79, looks like blotting paper p. 79. 'Hallandia' empty p. 80. 'Scania' p. 81. 'Blekingia' (empty page) p. 82. 'Insulae 3' (empty page) p. 104. numbered list of 5 geographical straits: '1. Maeltrom Norvegia 2. Euripus calcidicus Graecia 3. ���.inter angliam et normandiam Gallini 4. Charybdis Sicilia 5. ���.caspiomari inter moscov. Peys. Turcia ' p. 105. 'Ignes vomentes' list of 7 volcanoes, not numbered, but each name is underlined. When the name is obscure or not well known, its geographical situation is given: 'Vesuvius | Aethna | Hecla islandia | Siurpurema Asia, Japoponia | Picus insula timor | Gorenapi Barida inul. | Balalrang Sumatra'