Abstract
Summary
Incubation of lymphocytes in suspension at 37° C produced primary and secondary vacuoles visible on dark-field examination. Preliminary irradiation of the suspensions greatly accelerated this process. The addition of distilled water to lymphocytes produced enlargement and vacuolization of the nuclei. The hypothesis is proposed that irradiation caused the absorption of water into one or more foci in the nucleus.
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