Abstract
It is well known that leucocytes are destroyed to a considerable extent if a large portion of an animal is exposed to about an erythema dose of roentgen rays which penetrate into the tissues under the skin. Bucky1 has stated that very soft roentgen rays. “grenz rays,” have a different effect on the leucocytes. According to him, a considerable portion of the leucocytes disappear from the circulating blood immediately after a small area of the skin has been exposed to these rays, which are all absorbed in the first millimeters of tissues, and reappear after a few hours. Cathode rays produced with less than 200 kilo volts are absorbed by the first millimeter of tissue. A very intense dose given to the skin will, therefore, not directly injure the underlying tissues. Such an intense dose can be given in a few seconds. Due to the rapid destruction of tissues a considerable amount of organic substances may be liberated. It is possible that they will be taken up partially by the skin capillaries and thus become ...
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