﻿INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
BY
August Krogh, Ph.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF ZOOPHYSIOLOGY
The Institute of Physiology of the University of Copenhagen built during the years 1926-28 on a site very close to the “ Rigshospital ” and the medical institutes for general pathology, pharmacology, and morbid anatomy provides accommodation for the following five institutes and laboratories: the Institute of Medical Physiology and the Institute of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine; and the Laboratory of Biophysics, the Laboratory for the Theory of Gymnastics, and the Laboratory of Zoophysiology in the Science School.
While retaining complete independence these labora-
tories have a number of facilities and installations in common and have arranged for mutual support on several points. They have in common one large and one small lecture-theater, a library with bookbinding shop, a large photographic studio, and a lunch-room for the workers. The engineering installations in the sub-basement are also used in common and the workshops of the four laboratories are placed in pairs to economize machinery and to facilitate cooperation.
Figure 2 shows the site and the arrangement of the main and accessory buildings ; Figures 3-5 are floor plans of the main building showing the distribution of rooms.
Fig. 1.—Institute of Physiology, University of Copenhagen