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X-RAYS delay the healing of thermal burns and other injuries1–4. What is not well known is how long the inhibitory action of X-rays lasts. The present experiment was designed to determine the length of time this inhibitory effect persists in a locally irradiated area so as to retard the healing of subsequent thermal burns.
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RIXON, R., TISHLER, J. & NEWCOMBE, H. Lingering Effects of Local X-Irradiation on Healing of Burns. Nature 181, 1138–1139 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811138b0
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