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Per E. Børdahl er spesialist i fødselshjelp og kvinnesykdommer, pensjonert klinikkoverlege og professor.
Articles by Per E. Børdahl
Sandborg-Vedeler's forceps – an innovation in the golden age of obstetric forceps
- Per E. Børdahl,
- Erlend Hem
25.06.2025:
Few medical disciplines have undergone such a radical transformation due to a single instrument as obstetrics did with the introduction of forceps: they made it possible to save both mother and child (1). In Europe, forceps came into use in the 1730s. Modifications quickly followed, and in the 1740s...
Ragnhild Vogt Hauge – psychiatrist, pioneer and member of the Norwegian Nazi party
- Erlend Hem,
- Per E. Børdahl
20.06.2019:
Our interest in this story arose in relation to the article on the psychiatrist Augusta Rasmussen (1895–1979) (1). While working on that article, we constantly came across the name of Ragnhild Vogt Hauge, a person unknown to us. We became curious about who she was. Her story helps elucidate...
Always stay cheerful – health information in the 1920s
- Erlend Hem,
- Rannveig Nordhagen,
- Per E. Børdahl
30.10.2018:
In 1923, the five-year-old Public Health Association published a folder with ten large-format posters, called House Maxims for Mothers and Children (Figure 1). Their objective was to promote child health through inculcation of a healthy way of life. The folder included an appeal from the...
Augusta Rasmussen – psychiatrist, pioneer and the scientific truths of the time
- Erlend Hem,
- Per E. Børdahl
26.06.2018:
In 1934, senior registrar Augusta Rasmussen (1895–1979) published a study of 77 cases involving sexual offences. She found that the women involved had suffered no mental injury from the abuse. In 1947, she published a study of the intelligence level of 310 Norwegian women who had formed...