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CASE X. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE. 



Male; born October 1875; married; clerk in grocery store; onset of dia- 

 betes, July 1908; sugar found in urine September 1908; came under our obser- 

 vation, February 28, 1910; condition, May 8, 1912, comfortable. 



Family history. No history of diabetes in the family. Father, mother, 

 three brothers, four sisters, and one child well. A brother and a sister died 

 soon after birth. 



Past history. Measles, mumps, whooping-cough, jaundice at 8 or 10 

 years of age. Twelve years and three years previous to observation, there was 

 a swelling in the right knee for periods of 6 weeks and 10 days, respectively. 



Table 99. Clinical chart Case X. 



1 No sodium bicarbonate was given, except 15 gms. on Mar. 14-15 and 15-16. 



NHa N h 



'Ammonia, 1.9 gms.; = p^-r =6.0 per cent. 'Period was 22| hrs, t. e., 8 n 15 m to 7 a.m. 



lotal N 



4 Per cent. 6 Less than 0.1 per cent. 



The patient used considerable tobacco and ate excessively of candy and cookies, 

 both in the grocery store and at home. Ten years previous to observation 

 considerable alcoholic liquor was used. 



General history of the case. While the onset of the diabetes was in July 

 1908, the disease first attracted particular attention and was diagnosed in 

 September 1908, because of polyuria at a horse-race. 5000 c.c. of urine were 

 voided during the night at the onset. Other symptoms were polydipsia, poly- 

 phagia, weakness, loss of weight, a parched tongue, pain in the back, extreme 

 constipation, impotence, and failing eyesight. Under the advice of his physi- 

 cian the patient ate no pork, fat, or vegetables, but drank skim milk ! 



The unusually favorable course of the case, despite the unpromising con- 

 dition of the patient when first seen, is probably due to the change in diet, as 



