A pyrogen derived from leukocytes appears to be the messenger substance that raises the set point of the hypothalamic “thermostat” regulating maintenance of body temperature. Dr. Wood describes the experimental models through which the properties of this substance have been delineated and the studies that are clarifying the mode of its release and of its action on the thermoregulatory centers of the brain.
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W. Barry Wood (1967) studied this question.