Peripheral blood and myelogram in white rats chronically poisoned with ethanol and receiving essential phospholipids.

The influence of chronic administration of ethyl alcohol in white rats (15% solution instead of water, ad libitum, during 8 months) and essential phospholipids on the peripheral blood picture and myelogram was studied. Hemoglobin, erythrocyte counts and leukocytes dropped uniformly in the group of animals poisoned with alcohol. Stimultaneous administration of essential phospholipids exerted a protective effect with respect to the fall in hemoglobin and erythrocyte counts.