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For a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice or a few such animals on which it can be most conveniently studied.

August Krogh

The theory of the lung as a gland has justified its existence and done excellent service in bringing forward facts, which shall survive any theoretical construction that has been or may hereafter be put upon them.

August Krogh

We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know that I do not belong, we are influenced-and sometimes strongly-by our personal bias; and we give our best thoughts to those ideas which we have to defend.

August Krogh

The absorption of oxygen and the elimination of carbon dioxide in the lungs take place by diffusion alone. There is no trustworthy evidence of any regulation of this process on the part of the organism.

August Krogh

August Krogh

August Krogh

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Born: November 15, 1874

Died: September 13, 1949 (aged 74)

Bio: Schack August Steenberg Krogh was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945.

Known for:

Osmotic Regulation in Aquatic Animals (1939)
The Anatomy and Physiology of Capillaries (1922)
The Respiratory Exchange of Animals and Man (1916)

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