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In man, the mechanical breathing is essential to life, and it is one of the old tests for death to see whether these movements have ceased completely.

August Krogh

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August Krogh
Age: 74 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 15
Died: 1949
Died: September 13
Pedagogue
Physician
Physiologist
Researcher
University Teacher
Zoologist
Grenaa
Schack August Steenberg Krogh
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