Abstract
Summary
Cibalgine (Ciba) does not diminish the number of leucocytes in the circulating blood of normal rabbits when given in large dosages for 17 consecutive days. The pronounced leucocy-tosis which occurs in rabbits with sniffles or a certain gastrointestinal infection is not depressed by the above mentioned amidopyrine barbiturate compound administered from 17 to 30 days. Rabbits thyroidectomized 6 weeks previously and receiving cibalgine develop a leucocytosis in response to the infections comparable to that which occurs in rabbits with thyroids intact.
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