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EXPERIMENTS of the influence of a static magnetic field on the growth of mice were started in 1948 at the University of Budapest. I placed one half of a litter of six mice, for a period of four weeks, in the vertical field of an electromagnet and the other half of the litter in an identical dummy magnet. The aluminium cages were 38 mm in height and 75 mm in diameter, with hard rubber bottom and surrounded by an open tray, where food and water were provided. A forced air blow prevented the mice from staying for long periods outside their cage. They never attempted to escape, hereby proving the adequacy of their housing conditions.
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Barnothy, J., and Forro, M., Experientia, 4/1, 1 (1948).
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BARNOTHY, J. Growth-rate of Mice in Static Magnetic Fields. Nature 200, 86–87 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200086a0
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