"The absorption of oxygen and the elimination of……" — 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."
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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 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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In the giraffe with a total height of 5 m., the heart is at a height of about 2.5 m.,…
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Scheele, it was said, never forgot anything if it had to do with chemistry. He never forgot the look, the…
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Making people believe the unbelievable is no trick; it's work. ... Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An…
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I was in a garden at the Rodin Museum. For a few minutes I was alone, sitting on a bench…
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Our knowledge of stars and interstellar matter must be based primarily on the electromagnetic radiation which reaches us. Nature has…
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The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of…
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To see color as form means looking at the image in a new way, trying to free oneself from absorption…
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I am troubled by the lack of common sense regarding carbon dioxide emissions. Our greatest greenhouse gas is water. Atmospheric…
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Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.
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In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot…
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The mere absorption of facts and truths is so exclusively an individual affair that it tends very naturally to pass…
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