The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 42, 785-791,
Copyright, 1925, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
SKIN REACTIONS TO ALTERNATE HEAT AND X-RAY EXPOSURES
James A. Hawkins Ph.D.1 and
Harry Clark Ph.D.1
1 From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
Different areas on the abdomen of the same guinea pigs have been exposed to suberythema doses of soft x-rays, to heat of an intensity below the critical dose for the production of burns, and to both radiations in sequence.
The only effect of exposure to x-ray or heat alone was a slight scaling of the skin. The areas exposed to heat and x-radiation developed well marked and persistent burns. The results were the same no matter in which sequence the agents were applied.
Submitted on June 26, 1925