Abstract
Summary and conclusions
We have measured the mortality of mice injected with en-dotoxin at 5 environmental temperatures ranging from 18° to 33°C. At environmental temperatures 20-25 °C mice are most resistant to endotoxin, while at temperatures both above and below this range they are increasingly susceptible to it.
We thank Dr. Arthur T. Hertig for generously providing laboratory space and financial support (USPH 5T1 GM 1235) for these experiments; and Dr. Lorna D. Johnson, Dr. Arthur P. Hall, and Dr. Daniel P. Mann for help in revising the manuscript.
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