Theses de corde et eius vitiis

solely so that when my dearest father wished for me, by your Excellency’s counsel, to seek the highest degree in Medicine in the most flourishing Academy of Basel, I might announce to your Excellency the happy outcome of that good advice and, at the same time, attest to my mind with due thanksgiving and a brief letter. This, indeed, your Excellency will undoubtedly interpret in the best part. Relying on this hope, I pray to God, the best and greatest, that He may grant your Excellency long life, prosperous health, and a happy success in the management and administration of affairs. Given at Basel, Switzerland, the 26th of August, in the year [15]80.