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country, the coral snake, or perhaps the cobra; now, whether 

 or not these could be employed, because we do have situations 

 in which this occurs, becomes a very important facet of a military 

 operation. 



TUNEVALL: I can only guess in that connection, and guesses 

 are not sure. 



BERRY: You have not used the intravenous route of admini- 

 stration of toxins and antitoxins? 



TUNEVALL: Yes, I have injected by the intravenous route, 



PREVITE: There have been some reports in which rabbits 

 rendered hypothermic and infected with staphylococcus mani- 

 fested prolonged survival compared to homeothermic infected 

 controls. Staphylococci were injected into the bones of the rab- 

 bit.^ 



BLAIR: I think an important matter here is that there have 

 been various types of experimental models also in administration 

 as well as type of organism used, but the important thing to 

 me is the fact that while survival was prolonged, all of the ani- 

 mals succumbed. There have been no experiments with per- 

 manent survival, and that is a very important matter because, 

 as I will discuss again in detail the day after tomorrow, I think 

 that in the viewpoints concerning the role of "therapeutic" hypo- 

 thermia, we are going to need some very definite clarification. 

 Obviously, the situation which does not produce full, long-term 

 survivals can hardly be considered efficacious. 



PREVITE: Yes, but it might be used as an adjunct with some- 

 thing else. 



WALKER: Or it may provide you with time to do something 

 like administer antitoxin. 



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