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Karolinska Znstitufet owes its existence to a war: during the unfortunate campaign against Russia in 1808-1809 the hygienic conditions and army medical facilities were found to be so miserable that in 1810 the military authorities decided to start a school for training "barbersugeons".The school was fortunate enough to have from the beginning as one of its professors the well known chemist J. J. Berzelius, who was the first professor of chemistry in the world.Thanks to no small extent to his contributions, the originally small school rapidly developed into a flourishing scientific centre.
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