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August and Marie Krogh

Lives in Science

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  • © 1995

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  1. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen

    1. Department of Physiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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  • Biography of August and Marie Krogh

  • Focuses on their contributions to the physiology community

  • Written by the proud daughter of August and Marie Krogh

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-1
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  2. Introduction

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 3-4

  3. Ancestry

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 5-9

  4. Childhood in Grenaa (1874–1890)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 10-16

  5. School Years in Aarhus (1891–1893)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 17-21

  6. Becoming a Zoologist (1893–1895)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 22-31

  7. Becoming a Physiologist (1895–1899)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 32-43

  8. The Beginning of Zoophysiology (1899–1904)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 44-59

  9. August and Marie (1904)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 60-70

  10. Marriage and the Seegen Prize (1904–1906)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 71-77

  11. The Oxygen Secretion Controversy (1906–1910)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 78-94

  12. The Zoophysiological Laboratory and the Beginning of Exercise Physiology (1910–1916)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 95-111

  13. Capillaries and the Nobel Prize (1916–1922)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 112-125

  14. The Insulin Story (1922–1925)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 126-138

  15. The Happiest Years (1923–1938)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 139-153

  16. Capillary Function and the Contractility Controversy (1923–1936)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 154-162

  17. New Fields of Investigation (1928–1943)

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    Pages 163-172

  18. Exercise Physiology (1918–1944)

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    Pages 173-184

  19. The Introduction of Isotopes (1935–1944)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 185-192

  20. Dark Clouds (1938–1944)

    • Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen
    Pages 193-208
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About this book

August Krogh, the son of a brewer, studied zoology in Copenhagen and earned his doctoral degree under the physiologist Christian Bohr, the father of the world-renowned nuclear physicist Niels Bohr. Krogh's unusual ability to construct instruments and complex apparatuses and his intuitive understanding of physical principles made it possible for him to improve on Bohr's methods. His findings led him to challenge Christian Bohr's ideas about oxygen secretion, and when Bohr refused to accept his findings, Krogh unwillingly came into a painful conflict with his own mentor. Krogh's continued studies of how oxygen is supplied to the tissues led to his realization that the blood flow in the finest blood vessels, the capillaries, has to be regulated through a mechanism that opens and closes the capillaries according to the tissue's need for oxygen. This idea and his scientific proof were at the time so new and revolutionary that he was promptly (in 1920) awarded the Nobel Prize. His fame in Denmark and all over the world continued to grow until his death in 1949. His scientific discoveries extended from respiration, exercise physiology and capillary physiology into comparative osmoregulation, isotope studies, active transport of ions in plants and animals, and finally insect flight.
Another dramatic story of Krogh's life began when he introduced insulin production in Denmark in 1922. This move saved his own wife's life as well as numerous other lives and helped make Denmark's Novo-Nordisk the largest producer of insulin in the world today. Krogh's wife, Marie, became a physician and a renowned scientist in her own right. Throughout their harmonious marriage and partnership, Marie played an important role in her husband's life both scientifically and personally.
Written by the proud daughter of August and Marie Krogh, this biography is based on numerous letters, scientific papers, interviews, symposia, and other sources as well as the author's own knowledge of her parents. The intertwining of the scientific work and personal lives of these two remarkable people is beautifully illustrated in a well-rounded picture of their struggles and triumphs. It is a unique book, full of human warmth and scientific understanding.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: August and Marie Krogh

  • Book Subtitle: Lives in Science

  • Authors: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7530-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: American Physiological Society 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-7530-9Published: 27 May 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 336

  • Additional Information: Originally Published by Oxford University Press 1995

  • Topics: Human Physiology

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