METABOLISM IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES 721 



TABLE 3 

 BLOOD SUGAR IN CASES OF PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY 



internal secretions. The presence of hypoglycemia in this disease has 

 since been confirmed by the same investigators (McCrudden and Sar- 

 gent (&) ) and by Janney, Goodhart and Isaacson ; 12 cases in all have been 

 reported. 



Table 3 shows the amount of blood sugar found in these cases of mus- 

 cular dystrophy (the first three cases reported by McCrudden and Sar- 

 gent^), the last nine by Janney, Goodhart and Isaacson). 1 



Chart 1 shows how these amounts of blood sugar compare with the 

 normal. 



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Chart 1. 



The hypoglycemia in these cases is not secondary to the muscular wast- 

 ing; it is not due to a lowered need of glucose by wasting muscles. If mus- 



*As this book goes to press Brock and Kay report one more case, and Gibson, 

 Martin, and Buell six out of nine cases with low blood sugar. 



