Calcium in the Blood in Diseases of Skin. 117 



As is well known, the giving of a diet low in carbohydrate 1 ' 2 

 tends to eliminate the calcium from the body. This was tried 

 twice on patients with acne, resulting in the lowering of the 

 calcium in the blood. 



table 1. 



No* 









Mg.Cain 100 C.c. 



Name. 



Diagnosis. 



Quantity Used, C.c. 



Ashing. 



Titra- 

 tion. 



2 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 11 

 12 

 17 

 18 

 20 

 24 

 25 



N. W. C. 



Miss C. 



E. G. C. 



M. C. 

 Mr. A. 

 Mary F. 

 Mr. R. 

 Mrs. V. 

 Miss M. 

 L. R. 

 Mr. L. 

 Mr. S. 



Acne 

 " Jan. 7, 1920. 2 



" Jan. 19, 1920. 



Plasma, n 

 11 



Whole blood, 25 

 " 25 

 " 25 

 " 25 

 " 25 

 Plasma, 15 

 19 

 12 

 19 

 10 

 18 

 12.5 

 " 10 



I9.9 1 

 18. 1 



24- 5 

 13.6 

 17.6* 

 17.6 

 12.0 

 17.8 

 17.8 

 10.7 



25- 4 

 25.7 

 25.6 

 14.4 

 15.0 



17.4 



3 

 13 

 23 

 22 

 27 



Mrs. R. V. 

 Dr. B. 

 J. D. 

 R. 



Mr. Mc A. 



Furunculosis 



Whole blood, 25 

 Plasma, 10 

 14 

 18 

 20 



13.6 

 8.2 



5-o 

 11.8 



11. 5 



6.0 



14.4 



21 



M. T. 



Folliculitis barbae 



12.5 



22.24 



20.83 



15 

 16 





Epilepsy 



Whole blood, 25 

 25 



12.4 

 8.0 





26 



G. C. 



Diabetes 



Plasma, 12 



20.4 



17.6 



4 Mr. Osterberg ascertained the Ca in one lot of 11 c.c. and Thro in another 

 portion of 11 c.c. 



6 Between the two dates the carbohydrate intake was low. 

 8 50 c.c. of blood divided into two portions of 25 c.c. each. 



H. J. Schwartz has found that in acne there is a carbohydrate 

 fermentation of the feces when examined by the Schmidt method. 

 He has also reported that in skin diseases there is an increase in 

 the blood sugar 3 The blood of one diabetic was tested for the 

 calcium content but the amount was not decreased. 



1 Thayer, W. S., and Hazen, H. H., Jour. Exper. Med., 1907, 0, 1-17. 



2 Mendel, L. B., and Benedict, S. R., Am. Jour. Physiol., 1909-10, 25, 25. 



8 Schwartz, H. J., Heimann, W. J., and Mahnken, H. C, Jour. Cutan. Dis., 

 1917, March. 



