When a suitable quantity of India ink is introduced into the circulation of a living anaesthetized animal, it is evenly mixed with the blood, and if the animal is suddenly killed by stopping the circulation a few minutes later, and… — August Krogh Copy Share Image
In many organisms, including man, the mechanical respiration and the circulation of the blood are 'regulated' so as to correspond to the demand of the moment. — August Krogh Copy Share Image
The circulatory system of man and the vertebrate animals can be considered as made up of a small number of organs or subordinate systems,… — August Krogh Copy Share
The affinity of blood or pure haemoglobins for oxygen is a complex phenomenon, depending upon a number of conditions, the most important of which… — August Krogh Copy Share
The most direct evidence of the wonderful plasticity and elasticity of red corpuscles is obtained when they are watched in a current, where they… — August Krogh Copy Share
When a suitable quantity of India ink is introduced into the circulation of a living anaesthetized animal, it is evenly mixed with the blood,… — August Krogh Copy Share
In the numerous observations made in my laboratory upon this object, we have only once seen a combination of vessels in which there might… — August Krogh Copy Share
In the tissues generally, and in such a cavity as the abdomen, the pressure is everywhere and practically always very nearly atmospheric, and must… — August Krogh Copy Share
Since muscular contractions are usually more or less regularly alternated with relaxations, the system of valves makes of the veins of every muscle a… — August Krogh Copy Share
The theory of the lung as a gland has justified its existence and done excellent service in bringing forward facts, which shall survive any… — August Krogh Copy Share
We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know that I do not… — August Krogh Copy Share
In the giraffe with a total height of 5 m., the heart is at a height of about 2.5 m., and it would be… — August Krogh Copy Share
In many organisms, including man, the mechanical respiration and the circulation of the blood are 'regulated' so as to correspond to the demand of… — August Krogh Copy Share
The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly… — August Krogh Copy Share
The tremendous honour of the Nobel Prize is of the strongest incentive to me in my work, while the amount of the Prize will… — August Krogh Copy Share
In many cases of inflammation, the vascular changes develop slowly and long after the application of the stimulus which is responsible for the inflammatory… — August Krogh Copy Share
In man, the mechanical breathing is essential to life, and it is one of the old tests for death to see whether these movements… — August Krogh Copy Share
