Management of diabetes : treatment by dietary regulation and the use of insulin a manual for physicians and nurses based on the course of instruction given at the Presbyterian Hospital, New York / by George A. Harrop, Jr.

  • Harrop, George A. (George Argale), 1890-1945.
Date:
1924
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Credit: Management of diabetes : treatment by dietary regulation and the use of insulin a manual for physicians and nurses based on the course of instruction given at the Presbyterian Hospital, New York / by George A. Harrop, Jr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    We also desire to acknowledge the whole-hearted support and cooperation of Mr. Dean Sage, Presi¬ dent of the Board of Managers of the Presbyterian Hospital; of Mr. J. F. Bush, Superintendent of Administration, and his assistants, Miss Ruth T. Dean, R. N., Miss Ruth Campbell and Miss Mabel Davies, R. N.; and of Miss Helen Young, R, N., Director of the School of Nursing, and of Mr. S. Steinberger, technician in the chemical laboratory. The instruction in blood and urine analysis was directed by Miss E. M. Benedict, Assistant in Medicine and Clinical Chemist to the Hospital, who has prepared the outline of laboratory methods given in Chapter XI. The instruction in dietetics was given by Miss Sarah Hickcox, who has prepared the diabetic recipes and food tables and has also written Chapters VIII and IX. The management of the clinics and the nursing care of the patients were in charge of Miss Olive Welch, R. N., Head Nurse of the Metabolism Service, and Miss Iris M. Gaut, R. N., and Miss Juliet Branham, R. N. Finally, we desire to thank the many physicians taking the course for their valuable suggestions and kindly criticisms. The Food Tables are based on those used in the Metabolism Service of the Presbyterian Hospital. They have been thoroughly worked over and recalculated, using standards from many sources. We have dropped the use of decimals in the calcu¬ lations of food values. The elaborate working
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