Word: krogh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Convened in Sanders Theatre were the world's foremost physiologists. Most notable were Russia's Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, "dean of the profession," 1904 Nobel Prizewinner for research on the salivary glands; Denmark's August Krogh, 1920 Nobel Prizewinner for physiology of the capillaries; England's Archibald Vivian Hill, 1922 Nobel Prizewinner for research of muscular contraction; Belgium's Leon Fredericq, president of the second (1892) Congress. Present too were U. S. Surgeon-General Hugh S. Gumming and Harvard's President Abbott Lawrence Lowell...
Many a notable evening address there was, particularly Professor Krogh's. He complained that thousands of physiological investigations went on each year, that thousands were being reported, that thousands were useless, that no one was able or inclined to analyze and synthesize the work done. He urged international co-operation to abstract useful findings...
...opening meeting will be held on Monday, August 19, in Sanders Theatre, Officials of the University, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and of the government of the United States will be on hand to welcome the delegates. At this session Professor August Krogh of Copenhagen will be the chief speaker. Scientific sessions will be held from Tuesday to Friday at the Medical School. On Thursday evening, August 22, a large banquet will be staged, possibly in Memorial Hall though it is doubtful whether that structure can accommodate a sufficiently large number of people...
Among the distinguished physiologists who will be present at the Congress are, in addition to Krogh, Professor Pavlov of Leningrad and Professor Leon Fredriq. The President of the Congress is Dr. William H. Howell of Johns Hopkins University. The local committee in charge of arrangements consists of Cannon, chairman, and Doctors E. J. Cohn and A. C. Redfield '13 of the Medical School, secretaries...
Handwriting. Newspapers last week printed the last words of Paul Redfern, lost flyer to Brazil. In scratchy manuscript, dropped to the deck of the steamer Christian Krogh, the facsimile read: "Point ship to nearest land, wave flag or handkerchief once for each 100 miles. Thanks, Redfern...