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These experiments corroborate Hektoen's original classic findings that antibody formation is suppressed by total-body X radiation. It has been demonstrated, in addition, that if the spleen or appendix of the rabbit is protected by lead shielding during total-body irradiation, the capacity to produce antibodies to an injected particulate antigen is retained to a marked degree even though lymphatic tissue elsewhere in the body is temporarily destroyed.
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