The movement of fluid through the human capillary wall in relation to venous pressure and to the cholloid osmotic pressure in Blood.

Krogh, August & Landis, Eugene M. & Turner, Abby H.

Publication Date: 1932

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J. clin. Invest., 11/1. - Published by The American Society for Clinical Investigations, January 1932, 8°, pp.63-95, 7 Figs., orig. broschiertes Exemplar. Rare Offprint! Schack August Steenberg Krogh (1874-1949) was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing the Krogh Principle. In 1920 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the mechanism of regulation of the capillaries in skeletal muscle; also he was first to describe the adaptation of blood perfusion in muscle and other organs according to demands through opening and closing the arterioles and capillaries. See - Allan Lyngs: The Professors' Professor: The American Students of August Krogh. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 78/2 (April 2023). pp.171-190.

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• Title: The movement of fluid through the human capillary wall in relation to venous pressure and to the cholloid osmotic pressure in Blood.
• Publication Date: 1932
• Binding: Soft cover
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