The skim-milk treatment of diabetes and Bright's disease : with clinical observations on the symptoms and pathology of these affections / by Arthur Scott Donkin.

Date:
1871
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Credit: The skim-milk treatment of diabetes and Bright's disease : with clinical observations on the symptoms and pathology of these affections / by Arthur Scott Donkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    am less in girth by many inches. I have examined the urine and find the quantity of albumen very considerably diminished—nitric acid and heat only make it opalescent; there are no flakes. I am now more than satisfied with the good result that has taken place. I do not remember whether I told you that at times,] more especially before I went to London, I was so giddy that I could scarcely stand, and on one occasion fell down and could not save myself. I had much dyspepsia and a feeling as though I should burst after taking food. Now all this has gone and I am perfectly comfort- able.' It is needless to give the progress of this case from day to day; the patient persevered strictly with the treatment, and in four months was perfectly recovered. While under the treatment he followed his professional avocations with ease and comfort. On the 9th of February, 1871, six months after his recovery, he wrote to me as follows :—' As regards my present condition, I am, and have for months been, free from all trace of albumen, and the unpleasant symptoms I have mentioned have long since dis- appeared, and I am getting through more work better than I ever did before. In fact I am most fully occupied from morning till night every day.