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University of Zurich
University of Zurich
Aliases: Universität Zürich
Category: Learning center
Continent: Europe
Country: Switzerland
City: Zürich
Residents: Hans Gruber; Herbert West
Notable apperances: Re-Animator
1st appearance: Re-Animator

The University of Zurich, located in the city of Zürich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 26,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy. The university has 7 faculties: Philosophy, Human Medicine, Economic Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Theology and Veterinary Medicine. The university offers the widest range of subjects and courses than any other Swiss higher education institution. [1][2]

In horror[]

In the horror genre, the University of Zurich appears in the opening scenes of the first installment of the Re-Animator film series. This was where the ambitious young genius, Herbert West, attended school, before returning to the United States to continue his studies at Miskatonic University.

It was at the University of Zurich that Herbert West first developed his theories on cellular reanimation. He created a serum, which came to be known as Re-Agent and experimented on one of the staff members named Doctor Gruber. How West chose to select Gruber as his test subject is unclear, but after giving him an injection of Re-Agent, the man suffered adverse physical trauma. His face became ashen and sunken in and he began screaming in agony.

Doctor Gruber's howls of pain alerted some of the nursing staff as well as two university policemen. They barged into Gruber's office where they found West hovering above the man who was still in the throes of massive pain. Gruber suffered a hemorrhage of some kind that caused his eyes to explode, and he fell down dead. The nurse accused West of killing him, but Herbert denied this, citing, "No I did not! I gave him life". [3]

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References[]

  1. Coursera.org; University of Zurich.
  2. University of Zurich (UZH)
  3. Re-Animator (1985); Chapter 1: "Prologue: Zurich".
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