STUDIES ON X-RAY EFFECTS V. EFFECT OF SMALL DOSES OF X-RAYS OF LOW PENETRATION ON THE LYMPHOID TISSUE OF MICE.

Nakahara , Waro; Murphy , James B.

doi:10.1084/jem.31.1.13

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STUDIES ON X-RAY EFFECTS : V. EFFECT OF SMALL DOSES OF X-RAYS OF LOW PENETRATION ON THE LYMPHOID TISSUE OF MICE.

Waro Nakahara,

Waro Nakahara

From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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Waro Nakahara

From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

James B. Murphy

From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

Received: October 28 1919

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

Copyright, 1920, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1920

J Exp Med (1920) 31 (1): 13–29.

https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.31.1.13

A dose of x-rays governed by the following factors induces a stimulation of lymphoid tissue in mice: spark-gap ⅞ inch, milliamperage 25, distance 8 inches, time of exposure 10 minutes. Within 4 days after this dose there appeared an abnormally large number of mitotic figures in the lymphoid tissue of spleen and lymph glands, indicating an acceleration of the proliferative activity of the tissue.

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