An essay on diabetes / Translated by Alfred Markwick.

  • Bell, H., 1808-
Date:
1842
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Credit: An essay on diabetes / Translated by Alfred Markwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dr. Thomson’s analysis, if the solid constituents of the urine be about 42 in 1000 grains, and the average diurnal quantity be 3 pounds, (36 ounces,) there ought to be only 725 grains of solid extract. Treatme?it'—-As there are some reasons for be- lieving that, in this disease, as well as in Diabetes Mellitus, the digestive organs are in a state of derangement, a primary part of our treatment was attention to the stomach and bowels. His diet was, therefore, regulated, and it consisted of soup without vegetables, a moderate allowance of animal food, farinaceous substances, and milk. The quantity of food was also restricted to about twenty-two ounces of solids, in order that the digestive organs might not be burdened with more labour than they were capable of performing, while, at the same time, a sufficient supply of nutriment was furnished to the system; and as his residence in the hospital exposed him to no corporeal tear and wear, this amount of food was calculated to be about enough. He also attempted to limit the quantity of his drink to six pounds, but on several occasions found the discre- pancy between his ingesta and egesta so enormous, that there seemed no possibility of explaining it on any other principle than that he had stolen an ad- ditional supply of water. This restriction was, there- fore, abandoned as impracticable. When first admitted, he had several purgatives of castor oil and calomel, and his drink was acidulated
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