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in addition, that abnormalities in the plasma picture became magnitied 

 with increased total irradiation and with increasing time after cessation of 

 irradiation. Thus, for rabbits Xos. 8 and 9, the percentage of albumin as 



gABBIT NO. 8 

 Z7S-N (SSn/OAY) 



/PA OB IT NO. ZS 

 Z90N (1 On ID Ay) 



(S y P V d IX 



\b-\ 



I^ABBiT NO SO 

 MORMAL 



5 y i) V 15 0. A 



gABBlTNO.9 

 Z7SN (SSn/DAY) 



ISABBlT N0.29 

 Z30N (lOn/OAY) 



Fig. 3. Tracings of electrophoresis diagrams of blood plasmas of normal and 

 irradiated rabbits. The symbol A represents albumin; a, a-globulin; /3, /3-globulin; 

 V, an unidentified component, possibly a /3-globulin; 0, fibrinogen; y, 7-globulin; 

 5, the "5" boundary. 



well as of 7-globulin diminished, while the percentages of the a- and ^- 

 globulins and of fibrinogen increased l>eyond the normal values. 



The effect on the plasma of increased time between the completion of 



