Collected essays in preventive medicine : infection & disinfection, temperature observations on children, the period of infection in epidemic diseases, and the renal signs of disorders of nutrition / by William Squire.

  • Squire William, 1826-1899.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Collected essays in preventive medicine : infection & disinfection, temperature observations on children, the period of infection in epidemic diseases, and the renal signs of disorders of nutrition / by William Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be arrived at, for no two persons require exactly the same directions, and for each one at different times considerable variations become advisable. These must depend upon the results obtained by testing not only as a daily routine but at certain times of the day, and after certain articles of food. A rapid subsidence in the amount of sugar found is always a most favourable indication; in such cases active exercise may at once be resumed and a speedier trial made as to the most suitable variations in diet. When a satis- factory condition is established and ordinary occupations resumed, it may suffice to record once a week the progress made and maintained ; with an estimate of the quantity of fluid passed in one day, and the amount of sugar obtained by the cupric test, the following table, with comparative proportions of sugar excreted, is useful for reference :— Grains Grains to the ounce. to the litre. Grammes. Per centage. 1 equals 3Sj or 2.3 per litre, or 0.23 per 2 ii 70J I) 4-5 11 II 0-4S 3 j» 106 »> 7. nearly,, )> 0.7 4 i» 140 j» 9-2 II 0.9 5 »» 175 >) II.5 II T T e I'lS c 0 j» 211 »j 13-7 II T T *7 1-37 7 »» 247 >» 16. ,, II 1.6 o 0 )i 282 »» 18.3 II 1.0 9 i» ITT j» 20. s II II 2.5 lo 11 352 ») 22.8 „ II 2.28 II >) 387 »j 25- II 2-5 12 »» 423 j» 274 II II 2.74 13 i» 458 »> 29.7 II 2.97 14 >> 492 )) 32- II 3-2 IS »» 530 >» 34-5 II 3-45 lb >> 565 >) 36.7 II 3-67 17 600 )y 39. 11 3-9 i8 »» 635 >» 41.3 II 4-13 19 i» 670 »» 43-6 II 4-3f5 20 >i 705 »J 45-8 II 4-5 21 11 740 j» 48. II 4.8 22 )f 775 )» 50. II 5- 23 }i 811 >» 52.3 II 5-2 24 )» 846 >j 54-8 II 5-4 25 >> 881 j> 57- II S-7 26 >i 916 j» 59-3 II 5-9 27 I] 950 >j 61.S II 6.15 28 »> 985 >> 63-8 II 6.38 29 »» 1022 ») 66.3 II 6.6 30 »> 1057 J» 68.6 II 6.8 31 II 1092 70.8 ,. II 7.08 32 11 1128 >j 73- 11 7-3 33 II 1163 75-3 II 7-5 34 II 1199 »» 77-6 II 7.76 8. 35 II 1234 80. II 36 II 1269 82.3 1. 8.2 40 II 1410 i» 91.2 ,, II 9.1 The relation of diabetes to obesity may be shewn by setting forth, first, the directions formulated by Bouchardat