[Changes in the absorptive capacity of the reticuloendothelial system during combined radiation-thermal injury].

From experiments in rats it is shown that the aggravating effect of heat on the outcome of radiation sickness may be attributed to the enhancement of impairment of the resistance of the body to autoinfection and endotoxaemia due to early post-burn depression of the absorptive function of the reticulo-endothelial system.