﻿UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN PHYSIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
(Professor F. J. J. Buytendijk, Director)
by
J. de Haan, M.D.
head of department, lecturer in general biology
The Physiological Institute of the University of Groningen, described in the following pages, was erected in 1911 to replace the institute built in 1866, which at the time was the first Dutch laboratory devoted exclusively to physiology. The three other Dutch universities soon followed suit. In view of the enormous development of physiology in ensuing decades, it is no surprise that this modest building soon became inadequate. Shortly after the late Professor Hamburger accepted the chair of physiology at Groningen in 1901, he succeeded in convincing the
government of the total insufficiency of the facilities available at that time, and moneys were voted for the building of a new institute on magnificent lines. The Director spared no pains to make the new building a model research institute. During the preparatory years, numerous existing institutes were visited and the entire staff gave its whole-hearted co-operation in constructing and equipping the building. On April 7, 1911, it was opened and has therefore been in use for almost fourteen years. During this time there has been plenty of opportunity to
Fig. 1.—Physiological Institute