Further observations on the skim-milk treatment of diabetes mellitus / by Arthur Scott Donkin.

  • Donkin, Arthur Scott.
Date:
[1873]
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Credit: Further observations on the skim-milk treatment of diabetes mellitus / by Arthur Scott Donkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had confined himself to a diet consisting of 1J lb. of beef or mutton, green vegetables, a moderate quantity of ship- biscuit, and a quart of milk daily; he also drank water. He was passing from 8 to 9 pints of urine having a den¬ sity of 1040, and (on the 10th of August) containing 31*247 grs. of sugar to the fluid ounce. He was now placed on a restricted diet, consisting of 1 lb. of lean chop or steak, taken at breakfast and dinner, three or four pieces of gluten bread, and from 7 to 8 pints of skim-milk daily. All saccharine and starch matter (except the lactine of skim-milk) and fat in a great mea¬ sure were thus strictly excluded. This regimen was strictly adhered to' for a period of nine weeks, but with only slight improvement in the condition of the patient, so that on the 12th of October he was voiding 7-J- pints of urine, specific gravity 1038, and containing 25*340 grs. of suofar to the fluid ounce. cl He was now subjected to an exclusive skim-milk diet (9 to 10 pints daily, 3 pints being made into curd, and taken at three meals). The following table shows the result on the disease as revealed by the rapid and re¬ markable diminution in the quantity of urine-sugar. I must add that the quantitative estimation of sugar was made by the beautiful polarising saccharimeter of Soleil, perfected by the manufacturer, Duboscq, of Paris, by which the most exact results are easily obtained. Diet restricted to meat, gluten, bread, Pints of urine Specific Grains of sugar and skim-milk, end of ninth week daily gravity per fluid oz. October 12 n 1038 25-340 Exclusive skim-milk diet, begun 12th October October 16 6 1030 19-797 „ 22 . 6 1021 12-670 „ 26 . 65 1015 7-419 „ 30 . H 1020 9-502 November 1 H 1020 10-294 „ 4 . 6 1015 7-127 „ 8 . 5 1012 2-771 „ 12 . 1007 1-583 „ 18 . 4f 1010 2-375