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Personalities, discoveries and innovations in the history of the Faculty

Here we present facts and anecdotes from our faculty's history - from eccentric and strong-minded researchers and world famous discoveries to amusing incidents taking place among the learned in Lund.

• Chewing Gum and Smoking – the Background to Nicorette
• Inge Edler and Hellmuth Hertz and their pioneering work with ultrasound in the diagnosis of diseases of the heart
• Torsten Almén and the idea for a new x-ray contrast medium
• Nils Alwall, the artificial kidney and Gambro
• Inga Marie Nilsson’s research into blood coagulation mechanisms won international acclaim for Malmö’s internal medicine department
• Einar Sjövall - Forensic Pathologist with a Passion for Social Justice
• Bertil Hood - Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research
• Philip Sandblom - Surgeon Combining Passion for Art with Medical Research
• Kilian Stobaeus - Dedicated Scientist and Researcher who Taught Carl von Linné
• Hedda Andersson - First Female Student in Skåne and Sweden's Second Female Doctor
• Arvid Henrik Florman - a True Renaissance Man with a Wide Field of Research