ON THE ABSORPTION OF BACTERIAL ENDOTOXIN FROM THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT OF THE NORMAL AND SHOCKED ANIMAL

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Abstract
Coliform-free rabbits fed P32 labeled E. coli 0111B4 prior to the induction of experimental hemorrhagic shock were shown to have a substantial amount of the type-specific 0111B4 antigen in the circulating blood, liver, and spleen, whereas normal rabbits fed the same amount of these bacteria and held under identical conditions, but not exposed to shock, have the antigen within the liver, and occasionally in the kidney, but not in the blood.