Evening star., 1925-03-12
CARE SEEN NEEDED
IN USE OF |NSUL|N
Treatment for Diabetes De-
sCribed at CIinics-Psy-
chiatrics Taken Up.

Problems in connection with treat
ment and possible cure of diabetes
were discussed at clinics held today
at Garfield Memorial Hospital and
George Washington University Hos
pital as part of the clinical program
of the American Congress on Inter
nal Medicine The science of psychi
atrics and specific cases dealing with
psychiatric treatment were also dis
cussed at clinics at Galinger Hos
pttal, while at other hospitals
throughout the city gynecology, an
esthesia and diseases of the thyroid
glands were explained by prominent
physicians.
Operations resulting fatally in
treatment of diabetes sometimes oc
cur from the reaction of the patient
from the anesthetic used and not al
ways from insulin, the new material
for treatment, DR.. w. ]. Mallory told
physicians who attended his clinic at
George Washington. Doctors must be
careful not to administer too much
insulin, he said, having regard for
the age and condition of the patient.
An overdose is apt to be harmful, he
added.
Case Is Cited.
TN a recent case" DR.. Mallory said.
from TO 9 units of insulin per day
were given a 7-year-old patient when
no benefit was noticeable from a diet,
with the result that the blood sugar
ratio dropped considerably. with but
slight insulin reaction and gain in
weight"
DR.. Mallory said he found a high fat
diet with ratio OF 100 fats. 81 careo-
hydrates and 90 proteins, when used
with insulin, brought most marked
results" The mose noticeable drop
in the blood sugar of a patient, he
said, was noted following periodical
administration of insulin units, which
also brought the patient out of
coma
Diet alone, he said, is not now re-
garded as cure for diabetes, but
taken in conjunction with other treat
ment will bring results. DR.. Janvier
w. Lindsay lectured at Garfield on
the general subject of diabetes, with
selected cases of non-diabetic glyco-
suria.
Sterility in men is the cause OF ap-
proximately 18 per cent OF the chllo-
less marriages of today, DR.. Francis
r. Hagner, prominent Washington
IL.
ernoon. This condition in men can
be overcome by an operation, he SAID.
Operation Not Dangerous.
The operation, DR.. Hagner added,
although tedious. is not dangerous
to life. even though a general an
esthetic is used. In so per cent OF
the cases operated on, he said, cure
has been effected. In some cases
cure has resulted in as short a time
as one month after the operation,
although in most cases results nave
beeE noted from eight months TO
one year afterward.
Mai. Gen. Merritte w. Ireland, sur
geon general, L. S. p, will address
the convention of the American Col
lege of Physicians tonight at the
Hotel Mayfower on contributions of
the medical department of the Array
To American medicine. Rear Admiral
E. r. Stitt, surgeon general OF the
Navy, will talk on contributions OF
naval physicians to the health and
welfare of the natives of the south
ern and western island possessions of
the United States, and Maj. Gen.
Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon general
United States Public Health Service,
will discuss the accomplishment of
the Public Health Service.
Sessions of the conference tomor-
row will go into aspects of the treat
ment of tuberculosis, with addresses
scheduled by DR.. Miles J. Breuer and
DIR. A H. W. Caulfield. while DR.. will
liam Tewksbury will lecture on treat
ment Of pulmonary assesses.