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slower at lower temperatures (as is the case for osmosis, 

 for example) and less damage should be jjroduced during 

 a given time in the subeooled state than during the same 

 time at temperatures above the freezing point. If, on the 

 other hand, injury results from a process akin to precipi- 

 tation in a saturated solution, the lower the temperature 

 the greater would be the chances of its happening. A 

 comparative study of the degree of damage done in the 

 same time in the subeooled state and above freezing might 

 allow one to decide between these two possible mechan- 

 isms of injury. 



TABLE 1 



Action of Cold in the Subcooi.ed State 



(a) Injury by subcooling 



