"In the giraffe with a total height of……" — August Krogh
"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 extremely interesting to know just how the giraffe avoids the development of filtration oedema in its long legs."
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20 Quotes by August Krogh
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The theory of the lung as a gland has justified its existence and done excellent service in bringing forward facts,…
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We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know…
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The absorption of oxygen and the elimination of carbon dioxide in the lungs take place by diffusion alone. There is…
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The tremendous honour of the Nobel Prize is of the strongest incentive to me in my work, while the amount…
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For a large number of problems, there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which…
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The circulatory system of man and the vertebrate animals can be considered as made up of a small number of…
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Muscles do not use oxygen at a constant rate.
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Since muscular contractions are usually more or less regularly alternated with relaxations, the system of valves makes of the veins…
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I found it possible to observe at least the superficial capillaries of muscles both in the frog and in mammals…
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When a suitable quantity of India ink is introduced into the circulation of a living anaesthetized animal, it is evenly…
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The most direct evidence of the wonderful plasticity and elasticity of red corpuscles is obtained when they are watched in…
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In the numerous observations made in my laboratory upon this object, we have only once seen a combination of vessels…
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He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.
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Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain.
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For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately…
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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
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