Treatment of diabetes by means of water charged with oxygen under pressure / by Dr. Albert Leblond.

  • Leblond, Albert.
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[©1887?]
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Credit: Treatment of diabetes by means of water charged with oxygen under pressure / by Dr. Albert Leblond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5th Case.—M. Gall . Analysis.of urine by M, Joigneaux, chemist, December 29th,. 1886. Sugar 6270. Patient takes oxygen water and solution of biphosphate of lime, but eats bread at meals. February 15th, 1887. Sugar, 23 gr. Same diet. March 21st, 1887. Sugar, 34 gr. The diminution of glycosuria is in this case less than in the others. I put this down to the fact that the patient suffers from chronic broncliitis, which restricts the respiratory area, and hinders the oxygenation of the blood in the lungs. To conclude, we must ask ourselves what may be the action of the oxygenated water thus introduced into the system, and how the sugar in the body is destroyed by coming in contact with it. It is admitted that glycosis is produced in the sj'stem when in a normal condition, but that this product is transformed without being passed with the urine. If the destruction of glycosis does not take place, it makes its way through the kidneys and becomes accessible to our means of chemical investigation. An examination of the chemical composition of glycosis shows that this substance is composed of H^^ x H^O. When the system is in its normal Avorking order, the ultimate result of this sugar is water and carbonic acid. By introducing oxygen artificially into the blood, we may plausibly assume that this gas appropriates a certain quantity of the hydrogen, which enters in the composition of glycosis, with the result of augmenting the production of water to the detriment of the amount of sugar. What leads us to conclude that such is really the case, is that glycosuria increases as soon as difficulty of breathing hinders the oxygenation of the blood in the lungs.