The left external carotid artery,occipital arteryand the pterygopalatine artery were suspensivelyoccluded and the pertussis vaccine (PV)was injectedinto the left common carotidartery。Then the bloodwas allowed to flow freely again,so that brain edema(BE)model was induced in rats.In the same waynormal saline was administered to the controls。Theresults showed:15 minutes after injection of PV,thecontents of water , protein and Evan's blue(EB)inthe brain tissue of the model rats were significantlyhigher than in that of the controls(P