Editing Lund University (section)

=== Biology and medicine ===
[[Carl Linnaeus]] (1707–1778), began his academic career in Lund by studying medicine and botany for a year before moving to [[Uppsala]].<ref>{{cite web | title = The Linnean Correspondence | url = http://linnaeus.c18.net/Doc/lbio.php#Top | access-date = 2013-05-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130509041613/http://linnaeus.c18.net/Doc/lbio.php#Top | archive-date = 2013-05-09 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He is known as the father of modern [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]], and is also considered one of the fathers of modern [[ecology]]. [[Pehr Henrik Ling]] (1776–1839) is considered the prime developer of natural gymnastics,<ref>{{ cite web | title = Britannica | url= https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/342315/Per-Henrik-Ling }}</ref> the father of Swedish massage,<ref>{{ cite web | title = Axelsons Gymnastiska Institut | url = http://www.axelsons.com/father-of-swedish-massage.php | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131120231537/http://www.axelsons.com/father-of-swedish-massage.php | archive-date = 2013-11-20 }}</ref> and one of the most important contributors to the development and spread of modern physical therapy.<ref>{{ cite web | title = Chiropractors Warwick | url = http://www.chiropractorswarwick.co.uk/index.php/about-chiropractors-warwick/a-history-of-neuromusculoskeletal-healthcare/a-history-of-physiotherapy-physical-therapy/ | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130531004218/http://www.chiropractorswarwick.co.uk/index.php/about-chiropractors-warwick/a-history-of-neuromusculoskeletal-healthcare/a-history-of-physiotherapy-physical-therapy/ | archive-date = 2013-05-31 }}</ref> [[Carl Adolph Agardh]] (1787–1859) made important contributions to the study of [[algae]] and played an important role as a politician in raising educational standards in Sweden.<ref>{{ cite web | title = The new international encyclopaedia | year=1905 | url=https://archive.org/stream/newinternational01gilm#page/191/mode/1up }}</ref> [[Elias Magnus Fries]] (1794–1878) was a notable botanist who played a prominent role in the creation of the modern taxonomy of mushrooms. [[Nils Alwall]] (1904–1986) was a pioneer in hemodialysis who constructed the first practical dialysis machine, commercialized by [[Gambro|The Gambro Company]]. [[Rune Elmqvist]] (1906–1996) was a physician and medical engineer who developed the first implantable [[Artificial cardiac pacemaker|pacemaker]] as well as the first inkjet ECG printer.<ref>{{ Cite journal | title = Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association | journal = Circulation | date = 5 June 2007 | volume = 115 | issue = 22 | doi = 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.184488 | pmid = 17548737 | url = http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/115/22/f109.full.pdf | last1 = Nicholls | first1 = M. | pages = f109-11 | doi-access = free }}</ref>  [[Lars Leksell]] (1907–1986) was a notable neurosurgeon who was the father of radiosurgery and later the inventor of the Gamma Knife. [[Inge Edler]] (1911–2001) developed the [[Medical ultrasound|medical ultrasonography]] in 1953, commonly known as echocardiography, together with Hellmuth Hertz, and was awarded the Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award in 1977. [[Sune Bergström]] (1916–2004) and [[Bengt Samuelsson]] (1934–) were awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1982 for "discoveries concerning [[prostaglandin]]s and related biologically active substances". [[Arvid Carlsson]] (1923–2018) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for "discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system" and is noted for having discovered the role of [[dopamine]] as an independent neurotransmitter.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Discovery of Dopamine, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center | url = http://www.med.lu.se/wnc/the_discovery_of_dopamine | access-date = 2013-05-03 | archive-date = 2018-08-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180820083951/https://www.med.lu.se/wnc/the_discovery_of_dopamine | url-status = live }}</ref>