THE LYMPHOCYTE RESPONSE TO HEAT STRESS IN NORMAL AND PSYCHOTIC SUBJECTS

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IN ACCOMPANYING papers report is made of the diurnal rhythm of lymphocytosis (3) and of lymphocyte responses to psychomotor stress (5). In this paper we present data on the concentration of circulating lymphocytes found before and after exposures to heat and high humidity. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Eleven healthy men ranging in age from 24 to 51 years were the control subjects and twenty-one psychotic subjects represented the patients. With four exceptions (Subjects 12, 13, 14, 15, Table 1) the patients had been admitted to the Worcester State Hospital within the previous six months and were chiefly men discharged from the military services. At 1:30 p.m. for three successive days samples of blood were taken from the lobe of an ear of each subject as indicated in the previous paper. Then, ordinarily in groups of six in any one week, they entered unclothed a hot room, maintained at from 40.5° C. (105° F.) to 44.0°C. (112° F.) and at 85% to 95% relative humidity.

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