Abstract
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Measurements were made of muscle intracellular water, potassium and sodium concentrations in 2 groups of rats. The right hind limb of the experimental animals was immersed in a bath of acetone and ice, the right hind limb of the control animals in a bath of tepid water. Exposure of the leg to external cooling was associated with an increase in intracellular water in the muscles of that leg and a decrease in potassium concentration per liter of intracellular water. There was no difference in sodium concentration in the muscles from the chilled extremity from that of the control muscles.
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