for him. Bergman recommended Dubb, who consequently moved to Gothenburg in
1776. In 1779–1780, Dubb followed count Sparre to Paris, where he studied the
organisation of French hospitals. In 1782, Alströmer appointed Dubb manager of
the newly founded Sahlgrenian hospital (present day Sahlgrenska University
Hospital), opened with money donated by Niclas Sahlgren, one of the founders of
the Swedish East India Company (Sect. 4.2) and cousin of Bergman’s mother.
Appropriately, the street outside Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Per Dubbsgatan,
is named after Dubb.
Dubb became an influential figure in Gothenburg during late eighteenth century
and early nineteenth century, with a special interest in health care, fire protection
and fighting against poverty, begging, crime, drinking and prostitution. As a friend
of wealthy merchant William Chalmers, he played a significant role in the founding
of what is now Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.
Fig. 11.4 Physician Pehr Dubb. Engraving by Johan Fredrik Martin. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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