Abstract
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Rats with experimental skin wounds received intraperitoneal injections of saline extract of adult chicken heart. The course of wound healing in animals treated in this way was compared with the healing process in wounds of equal size in untreated rats. The experiments showed that treatment with cell growth-promoting extracts of adult hearts caused a significant reduction (21.8%) in the mean time required for healing, as compared with the controls.
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