Study of Metabolism in Severe Diabetes

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. On the other hand, we see no reason to alter our Opinion there expressed that with diabetics the dextrose - nitrogen ratio is at best a very uncertain factor, and unless a rigidly strict carbohydrate-free diet be adhered to for several days, the dextrose - nitrogen ratios have little, if any, significance. Neither do we see any reason for changing our belief that the adherence to a strictly carbohydrate - free diet in severe diabetes during a period of several days is a procedure very much to be questioned. This being the case, the Significance of the dextrose-nitrogen ratio for diagnostic purposes has not, we believe, the importance that has been ascribed to it by other writers.