A note upon the relation of traumatic diabetes insipidus to glycosuria / by Herbert French and C. B. Ticehurst.

  • French, Herbert Stanley, 1875-1951.
Date:
1906
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Credit: A note upon the relation of traumatic diabetes insipidus to glycosuria / by Herbert French and C. B. Ticehurst. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    por 100. Foi' one montli the urine continued much the same, tluMi the sugar began slowly to diminish. At the fourth month from the injury there was no sugar in the urine, but the patient passed from 4000 c.c. to 6000 c.c. daily, of specific gravity 1005. The polyuria persisted. Sugar did not recur, 'flic condition seems to have been one of traumatic polyuria and glycosuria, which passed on to one of simple diabetes insipidus. In our previous paper we drew the conclusion that the head injury which had caused diabetes insipidus in our patient had in no way dimini.shed his power of metabolising carbohydrate. It is true that this was the case at that time, but it seems important to record the fact that in the course of a few years a complete change occurred in this respect. The patient in the early stage of his traumatic diabetes insipidus had been able to assimilate enormous amounts of st.arch, glucose, lactose, and cane-sugar, but after tliroe and a third years ceased to be able to metabolise projierly even quite small quantities. A year later the glycosuria hnd as spontaneously ceased, the patient’s weight had increased one stone, the polyuria and polydipsia persisted unchanged. The patient was shoAvn personally to the Society on March 9, 1906. Our best thanks are due to Dr. Hale White, under whoso care, at Gny’s Hospital, the patient was and is, und who has given us every facility in our observations. References. 1. Bruuardel and RicirAKDiEEE, Dn Diabete traumatique an point de vuc des expertises medico-legales,” Annalcs cVEygieno imhligue et de Medecine legale, Pans, vol. xx, 1888, pp. 401-429. 2. Butler and French, “ A Research u]ion the Metabolism of a Patient suffering from Diabetes Insi))idus lolloAving upon Fracture of the Skull,” Guy’s Hospital vol. Ivii, 1902, pp. 133-169 (for which see references to the general literature of diabetes insipidus). 3. Futchek, “ Diabetes Insipidus, with a Report of five Cases,” Johns Ho/dcins Hosjntal Eepiorts, vol. x, 1902, j)p. 197-247, (to which refer also for other general literature upon diabetes insipidus). 4. Griesinger, Brouardel, These d’agregation, 1869. 5. Kaemnuj'/, Archiv dcr Heilhnide, 1873, xiv, 447. (). Senator, Monats. far Unfallheil., 1900, No. 1. PRINTED BY ADLABP AND SON, LONDON AND DORKING.