Serum albumin labelled with Evans blue did not pass from the maternal into the foetal circulation in 13 pregnant mice, of which 7 had received 300 r. X-irra-diation at stages ranging from day 13 to day 19, and 6 were untreated. The bearing of this result on studies of placental permeability in other species is considered.

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