Abstract
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1. The effects of in vitro (50-100° C) and in situ (55° and 70° C) hydro-thermal injury upon susceptibility of the abdominal skin of rats to peptic and tryptic digestion were determined. The action of pepsin upon unheated skin was considerably greater than that of trypsin; whereas heating both in vitro and in situ, increased only the susceptibility toward trypsin. 2. Similai hydrothermal exposures produced changes ir rat skin and tail tendon collagens which rendered them extractable by normal saline.
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