By Cory Cooper 10 th grade 1997-98 of RIO AMERICANO HIGH SCHOOL-leave my name please! Carolus Linnaeus was a Swedish naturalist and physician. He created the classification system for classifying plants and animals that is now universally used. He created the binomial system which each living thing is assigned a name that is made of two Latin words. The first word is genus and the second is species. Linnaeus was the Father of Systematic Botany. Linnaeus was born Carl von Linnaeus on May 23, 1707, in Rash ult.
Although his father, a curate, wanted Carl to follow in his footsteps, Carl was interested in plants and animals. he was nicknamed little botanist when he was 8 years old. The village physician saw that Carl had unusual gifts and encouraged the father to help care for Carl while he studied medicine at the University of uppsala beginning in 1728. He was so intelligent that he won the job as a lecturer in botany. later the Academy of Sciences of Uppsala sent him on a 5, 000 botanical survey of lapland. What he found on the journey was later published in a book called Flora Lapponica in 1737.
Later, his future wife, Sara Morea, helped provide with which he obtained his doctors degree in medicine at a university in Holland. In Holland, Linnaeus became a medical attendant to and Amsterdam banker who had a large botanical garden. Linnaeus was made the director of the garden. He later created and study the Classification system.
After scientific journeys to France and England Linnaeus returned to Stockholm to pracitce medicine. In 1742 he was appointed chair of botany at Uppsala, where spent the rest of his life. n Linnaeus died on January 10, 1778. Linnaeus classification system was considered artificial. Linnaeus system was supposed to be temporary. It was supposed t be replaced by a natural system.
The Term Paper on Alternative Medicine
Throughout recorded history, people of various cultures have relied on what Western medical practitioners today call alternative medicine. The term alternative medicine covers a broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies. It generally describes those treatments and health care practices that are outside mainstream Western health care.People use these treatments and therapies in ...
In the 19 th century the theory of evolution supplied some principles needed for a natural system, but the broad outlines Linnaeus system were retained. MR. JAmieson Sucks-leave here too.
