> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 925](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190396) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8647-1) LSID 8647-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924540) QID Q924540 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rothman, Georg (Göran) (1739-1778), Swedish physician and botanist; pupil of Linnaeus; Dr. phil. Uppsala 1761; Dr. med. Uppsala 1763; quarantine physician in Stockholm 1770; travelled via Tunis to Tripoli where he stayed 1773-1776; assessor Collegium medicum 1776. **Abbreviated name**: *Rothman* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rothman*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SBT|SBT]]; some further material at [[Collection H|H]] and [[Collection UPS|UPS]] (Thunberg). – The manuscript journal of his trip to Tripoli (1773-1776) is at the Sv. Vet.-Akad. Stockholm. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 183; BM 4: 1739; KR p. 603 (b. 30 Nov 1739, d. 4 Dec 1778); PR 5500, 9951, ed. 1: 6100, 10935; SO 1307, 2228; TL-1/753; TL-2/4819; see P. J. Bergius. #### Biofile - Anon., Biogr. lexic. namnk. sv. man 12: 270-292. 1846. - Ascherson, P., *in* E. Durand & C. Baratte, Fl. libycae prodr. xxv. 1910 (on his work in Libya). - Bernardi, L., Mus. Genève 198: 11. 1979 (ill. *Rothmannia*). - Fries, R.E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 30. 1950. - Fries, Th.M., Linné 2: 71. 1903; Bref skrifv. Linné 1(1): 200. 1907, 1(2): 342-347, 352. 1908, 1(5): 203, 230. 1911. - Hedlund, E., Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 20: 4-44. 1937 (detailed biogr. account travels). - Hulth, J.M. & A.H. Uggia, Bref Skrifv. Linné 2(2): 283. 1943. - Lindman, S., Sv. män kvinn. 6: 374. 1949. - Löwegren, Y., Naturaliekabinett i Sverige under 1700-talet 363. 1952 (on nat. hist. cabinet of R.'s father, Linnaeus' teacher, Johan Stensson Rothman, 1684-1763). #### Composite works - (1) Rothman received his Dr. phil. degree in 1761 on a dissertation written by Johan Gottschalk (1709-1785), professor of chemistry, Uppsala, *Dissertatio chemica de origine oleorum in vegetabilius*, 26 Mar 1761, 12 p. - (2) Rothman's medical thesis, under Linnaeus, was written by himself: *De Raphania* dissertatio medica,... 27 Mai 1763, treated by us under Linnaeus (TL-2/4819). We follow Krok (p. 603) in attributing this thesis to the student and not to the master. – O. Almborn in litt. agrees with this after reading the thesis. "Linnaeus is referred to as "N.D. Praeses" which he would never have written himself. – It is a well-known fact that *De Raphania* launches a most remarkable (not to say peculiar) theory. "*Morbus spasmodicus*" (now known as ergotism) was believed to arise from poisonous seeds of Raphanus raphanistrum mixed with grains of cereals. These ideas were rejected by many contemporary physicians". #### Eponymy *Rothmannia* Thunberg 1776.