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UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN
Fig. 2
1.	Physiology—(a) Main building, (b) Stable, (c) Storage, (d) Rabbits, (e) Glass room, (f) House for custodian
2.	Anatomy and embryology
3.	Pathology
4.	University hospital—(a) Main building, (b) Medicine, (c) Surgery, (d) Gynecology and midwifery, (e) Neurology and psychiatry, (f) Otorhinology, (g) Infectious diseases, (h) Radiology
5.	Chemistry
6.	Pharmacy
7.	Botany
8.	Mineralogy
9.	Physics
10.	Astronomy
11.	Bacteriology and hygiene
12.	University building
13.	Zoology
14.	Postoffice
15.	Railway station (south)
16.	Railway station (north)
17.	Town hall
18.	Students’ club
be grateful to the founder for the unusually generous provisions for research. Many scientists have worked in the Institute and made use of its facilities. During the course of the years certain shortcomings have naturally come to light, but on the whole it can be said that Groningen, as the first of the Dutch universities, has been enriched with an institution that from a great many points of view can still be considered a model one.
As the instruction and research work in physi-
ology, physiological chemistry, and histology, including microscopic anatomy, is united under one professor at the University of Groningen, the Institute has necessarily to mold itself to some extent on the requirements of each of these subjects, both as regards instruction and research work.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING
The main building is a three-story structure composed of a central section and two wings. It