En forskerskole grunnlegges – Gades Institutt 1912–35

Abstract

The Gade institute in Bergen was established in 1912, at the same time as the city's new hospital was opened at Haukeland. The aim of the benefactor F. G. Gade was that the institution should function as a research institute in addition to being the hospital's pathological department and laboratory. The task of leading this work was given to a young cancer researcher, Magnus Haaland. He succeeded in establishing an effective research school within these institutional settings through educating assistants in pathological-anatomic, bacteriological and serological themes during a two-year rotational arrangement. The institute produced a great number of scientific articles and also several doctoral dissertations. A hallmark for this research was its practical orientation; almost all the major works were concerned with important epidemic diseases in western Norway. A reform of the rotational arrangement and a bitter conflict between Haaland and the director of the hospital led to a less fruitful development for the institute from 1925 until Haaland's death in 1935.

Oss selv og «de andre»

“…I årets julenummer av Tidsskriftet viser Per Haave hvordan sammenslåingen av medisin og kirurgi ved det nye universitetet i Christiania fant sted på bakgrunn av noe så prosaisk som at det nye universitetet ikke kunne tillate seg å utdanne bare medisinere fordi de fleste offentlige stillingene i landet var kirurgikater (8). Morten Hammerborg viser i sin historie om Gades Institutt hvordan Magnus Haalands forskerskole ikke var et selvfølgelig trinn i en utvikling henimot det medisinske forskningssamfunn, men måtte kjempes frem og til slutt måtte gi tapt (9). Og Helge Stormorken viser hvordan kunnskapen om immunisering mot blodplater under svangerskapet kom til som et sammenfall av heldige omstendigheter under undersøkelsen av forblødning hos smågris på en gård på Romerike (10).…”