CHAP. III.] 



THE BLOOD IN DISEASE. 



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1 This was probably a case which should have been termed glycosuria, rather than 

 diabetes mellitus. Sugar not unfrequently occurs in the urine of very obese persona who 

 present none of the other symptoms of diabetes. This statement the author makes upon the 

 authority of a verbal communication from Dr Lauder Brunton. 



