Diabetes, mellitus and insipidus / by Andrew H. Smith.

  • Smith Andrew H. (Andrew Heermance), 1837-1910.
Date:
1889
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Diabetes, mellitus and insipidus / by Andrew H. Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    the stomach and by the rectum, the object being to neutralize the abnormal acids in the blood, and re- store the alkali which they have abstracted. In cases of emergency, from two to three drachms of bicarbon- ate may be injected into the vein (Hesse). Aside from the use of alkalies, the treatment must be symptomatic. Crisp has suggested the ad- ministration of oxogen by inhalation, in the belief that the formation of the toxic agents is due to suboxida- tion. Certainly no justification for this measure can be found in the dyspnoea usually present, as this is evidently not due to diminished access of air to the lungs, but rather to an inability of the blood to take up oxygen.