SUBJECT INDEX 



1233 



Bone, radiosensitivity of, 929 

 Bone marrow, 339, 1098, 1099 

 bone-seeking isotopes and, 1100 

 effect of irradiation, 926, 960-965 

 by fast neutrons, 1101 

 gamma radiation, 1056 

 nonspecificity of, 1101 

 by slow neutrons, 1101 

 by strontium 89 , 1059 

 by X radiation, 1066, 1099, 1101 

 and phenylhydrazine-induced ane- 

 mia, 1066 

 and spleen shielding, 1071 

 erythrocytes of, 1099 

 granular leukocytes of, 1099 

 Hiroshima studies of, 1101 

 injections of, modification of radiation 

 injury by, 926, 964-965, 107-1, 

 1075 

 heterologous, 964, 1075 

 homologous, 1074, 1075 

 macrophages, radioresistance of, 1100 

 mast cells and, 1100 

 megakaryocytes, 1099 

 metabolism, 962 



of homogenates, 1002 

 myelocytes, 964, 1099 

 rabbit, glycolysis in, 305 

 regeneration of, 1101 

 uptake of iron by, 962 

 Bone-marrow changes and toxins, 1101 

 Bone matrix, 1108 

 Bone repair, 1111 

 Bone-seeking isotopes and bone marrow, 



1100 

 Bone tumors, 1147, 1152, 1155, 1157, 

 1160, 1170, 1180-1184 

 induced by plutonium 239 , 1060 

 Bragg curve, 87 

 Brain carcinogenesis, 1185 

 "Breakage-first" theory, 480 

 Breathing retardation, 940 

 Bremsstrahlung, 23, 69 

 Broad bean (see Vicia faba) 

 Bromus, 798 



Bronchial epithelium of lung, 1130 

 Bronchogenic carcinoma, 1153, 1157, 



1160, 1177-1180 

 Brownian movement, 383 

 Brunner's glands, 1126 

 Budding of nuclei, 1096 

 Build-up, neutrons, 116 



X rays, 108 

 Build-up factor, 108, 116 



calculations, 109 

 Butterflies, 390 



Cabbage as dietary factor, 968 



Cadmium, 946 



Caffeine, 576 



Cage effect, 231, 246 



Calcium, 295 



in blood, 967, 974 

 Calcium phosphate, 1108 

 Callitroga americana, 441 

 Cancer (see Carcinogenesis; Carcinogenic 

 agents; Leukemia; Leukemogenesis; 

 Radiation; Radioactive elements; 

 Tumors; specific animals and sites) 

 Cancer Commission of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, 1150 

 Cancer theory, mutation, 1170, 1189 



virus, 1170 

 Cancerogenic agent (see Carcinogenic 



agents) 

 Cancerolytic agent, 283 

 Capillaries, dilatation of, 976 

 Capillary fragility, effect of irradiation 



on, 1044 

 Carbamates, 417 

 Carbohydrates, 298 



in cells, 1095 

 Carbon 14 , 305 



and bone, 1110 

 Carbon dioxide, 575 



combining power of, 974 

 production of, 962 

 Carbon monoxide, 562 

 Carbon tetrachloride, 291 

 Carbonate and bone, 1108 

 Carboxylic acids, salts of, 580 

 Carboxypeptidase, 297, 299, 307 

 radiation effect on, 258, 271 

 alpha-, 271 

 Carcinogenesis, endocrine imbalance and, 

 1167, 1170 

 ionizing radiation compared with other 



carcinogens, 1185-1188 

 mechanism of, 1188-1191 

 physical aspects of, 1146-1148 

 radiation-induced, and treatment, 919 

 by radioactive elements (see Radio- 

 active elements) 

 relative effectiveness of different radia- 

 tions, 1146, 1147 

 threshold dose in, 1167 

 (See also specific animals and organs) 

 Carcinogenic agents, 283 

 aging, 1191 



bone seekers (see Radioactive elements) 

 cosmic rays, 1161 

 endogenous, 1190 



by radioactive substances, 1153-1160 



