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Fig. 74. — Chart showing the changes in the total leukocyte count and in the various types 

 of leukocytes (per cu. mm.) in the blood of Levanzin during his fast of 31 days on water only. 

 There is an initial rapid rise in the total count, with irregular decrease to nearly normal in the 

 latter part of the fasting period. This change in the total count is apparently due to the 

 change in the number of polymorphonuclear neutrophiles, there being no significant change in 

 the small and large lymphocytes and large mononuclear forms. (Ash '15.) 



