The anatomy and physiology of capillaries. Presentation copy to one of the dedicatees by Krogh, August - 1922

New Haven: Yale U.P., 1922. First edition. Inscribed to One of the Dedicatees Krogh, August (1874-1949). The anatomy and physiology of capillaries. xvii, 276pp. New Haven: Yale U.P.; London: Humphry Milford / Oxford U.P., 1922. 235 x 165 mm. Original cloth, corners and extremities a bit worn. Presentation copy, with tipped-in slip inscribed by the author in Danish to Miss E. B. Carrier, whose name is printed on the dedication leaf. First Edition. Krogh, professor at Copenhagen University, received the 1920 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the causes of capillary constriction and expansion. In 1922 Krogh published his classic Anatomy and Physiology of Capillaries, which showed that capillaries are regulated both by the nervous system and by hormonal secretions. "Many of the scientists who became the most prominent physiologists of the United States in succeeding decades participated in the studies that made up Krogh's famous monograph. His influence on American physiology cannot be overstated" (Magill, Nobel Prize Winners: Physiology or Medicine, p. 210). Miss E. B. Carrier, to whom this copy was inscribed, is included on the published dedication leaf which reads as follow: "To my wife and to my young combrades in the laboratory: Mr. P. Brandt Rehberg, Miss. E. B Carrier (Berkeley), Dr. G. A. Harrop (Baltimore), Mr. O. Rasmussen and Dr. B. Vimtrup, this book is gratefully inscribed." Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Garrison-Morton 793.