Abstract
Summary
(1) Control rats injected with a lethal dose of polonium (36 μc/kg) had a median survival time of 22 days, whereas the BAL-treated group had a median survival time of 89 days. (2) Blood studies of control rats showed the typical picture of hemopoietic failure in contrast with well sustained cell and platelet levels found for the BAL-treated group. The difference is believed to be due to a reduced radiation exposure of the spleen and marrow caused by the action of BAL in accelerating excretion and in diverting polonium from the hemopoietic organs into muscle.
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