The Combined Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Low Temperature on the Metabolism, Longevity, and Soft Tissues of the White Rat; Metabolism and Longevity, 57-58 and Histologic Changes, 57-79

Randolph Field, Texas: Air University, USAF School of Aviation Medicine, 1957. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. [2], 7, [12] pages. Figure. Tables. References, combined with [2], 8 pages. Figures. References. (Two reports bound together) Cover has name of previous owner stamped on front, with another stamp and written notations. Bibliography cards bound in. At 25 degrees C, the oxygen consumption of the irradiated animals was higher than that of nonirradiated animals by the difference was not significant until the animals were 13 months old. There was no histologic evidence of irradiation injury in sections of the adrenal, the bone marrow, the ear (pinna), the eyes, the kidney, the liver, the lung, the lymph nodes, the peripheral blood, the pituitary, the prostate, the tail, the testis, the thyroid, and the tongue. The Testis was markedly atrophic, chronic pyelonephritis was common and ear lesions appeared in all the 5 degree C animals. The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) is the United States Air Force (USAF) organization focused on education, research, and worldwide operational consultation in aerospace and operational medicine. USAFSAM was founded in 1918 to conduct research into the medical and physiologic domains related to human flight, and as a school for medical officers trained to support military aviation operations, later coined as flight surgeons. The school supported early military aviation from World War I through the evolution of aviation and into the modern era. USAFSAM actively supported civilian and military manned space missions through clinical and physiologic research. USAFSAM is the oldest continually operating school for flight surgeons and other operational medical personnel of its kind in the world. USAFSAM is located in Dayton, Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and is part of the 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Condition: Good.

Keywords: Animal Experiments, Radiation Sickness, Radiation Damage, Sprague-Dawley, Radiobiology, Soft Tissues, Metabolism Longevity, Ionizing Radiation, Combined Effects

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