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IT was found several years ago in our experiments that small animals such as rats, pigeons, cats, guinea pigs, monkeys, etc., can live in a medium of air under control, but cannot live in pure oxygen under similar conditions, but will die within two to five days1.
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HERSHEY, J. Components of the Atmosphere and Synthetic Gases in Relation to Animal Life. Nature 131, 238–239 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131238a0
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