Reduction of Radiation Mortality through Magnetic Pre-treatment

Journal/Book: (Reprinted from Nature Vol. 200 No. 4903 pp. 279-280 October 19 1963). 1963;

Abstract: MADELEINE F. BARNOTHY College of Pharmacy University of Illinois Chicago. 1 Barnothy M. F. and Barnothy J. M. Nature 181 1785 (1958). 2 Barnothy J. M. Barnothy M. F. and Boszormeny-Nagy I. Nature 177 577 (1956). 3 Barnothy J. M. Nature 200 86 (1963). THE effect of whole body irradiation an rodents with lethal doses of X-rays or -rays is one of the most widely investigated phenomena. Mortality depends an the total dose intensity at which the dose is delivered strain sex and age of the animal. Both Serial histological examination and direct counts demonstrate the rapid lose of nucleated cells from the bone marrow. The animal's failure to replenish the granulocytes platelets and erythrocytes from the circulating blood is primarily responsible for the death as a consequence of septicmia hmorrhage and anmia. In a previous communication1 it was shown that leukocytosis setting in after treatment of animals in magnetic fields2 can be used to compensate partially the radiation syndrome. In 17 further experiments a total of 920 mice of different age and strain were treated in homogeneous and inhomogeneous magnetic fields. Various time-intervals were interposed between the termination of magnetic treatment and irradiation ; also treatment after irradiation was tried. In all experiments the permanent magnets ... schö

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