The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-11
HEY. Hk1NNAY. HAVE YOU HAD
YOUR yNHULIN TODAY?

n young physician with all the
fancy trimmings our highbrow system
demands in the physician today. hay
Ing engaged In private practice lesa
than two years. protests that I am
too fond Of boosting specialists and
men OF catablished prominence and
that evidently / have forgotten thu
younger and comparatively unknown
man who u trying 70 exist n not
tO live In keen competition with all
tho clinics. and 10 on.
II nay anything at all compli-
mcntary about specialists and clinics
ana 10 on. II IL inadvcrtent, l assure
you. ! invite tho young physician %
keep tabs and when no catches me
Ut any such trick, to point out the
specific offence. and we'll sec what
can be done IN square things. In
cldentally may say that the special
lists and men Of established prOmi-
nence do not hesitate TO let me know
what they are doing: I fear the
young physicians are the hoity- toity
ones. Perhaps the young men are
more In awe Of the principles Of
medical ethics than tho hardened old
warriors.
When ! say young" or "old" doctor
I do not think Of tho mans age. but
~ hih prOKrcSSlvcncxs. Tho tnSulin
treatment to enable tho underweight
individual to gain weight and vig0r.
affords IN instance. While this Is now
becoming generally recognized as Z
valuable method. when first Advocat-
Cd II here few years ago COT course
! didn't discover tho idea: l Just dis
covered that somr good physicians
were using the method with highly
satisfactory results. and thought II
fair to lot tho public know about IL
tho reaction OF physicians To inquir.
les OF patients was typical. The old
men tnot few young In years. arbi-
trnrily asserted that II isn't done or
that II Is not safe. Tho young men
tn,Any with long years OF cxpcricnccl
were either familiar with the method
by reason Of their constant endeavOr
to keep abreast Of the march OF mcdi-
cine. or they promptly took steps To
learn what little tho physician re-
quiros to know about Il and gave
their patients tho benefit OF tho new
knowledge.
Al eastern physician has Just pub.
liahcd hk studies Of tho effect Of In.
Sulln III thin persons. Tho standard
dosage was ten units simultaneously
three times day. soMo more and
some less. and the patents had u lib
eral diet. The patients gained weight
Immediately. tho gain being less
marked ~ tho weight approached
normal. In many cases tho weight
continues To Increase for weeks or
months after tho insulin Is dlscOn-
tinNed: IN nearly all tho gain Ii held
after the insMlin Is stopped: occas-
tonally patient loses pavt OF the gair
after tho tnsulin ID stopped. Tho gAiu
averages three or four pounds q week
for from one to twelve weeks.
Most patients have = marked I'm.
provcnent In tho sense Of we'll beinl
sNon after treatment u started
They fcel like new parsons. Appetite
Of courso y increased. They bccouN,
moro cheerful and jolly In disposl,
ton. OF course. That GOES with tn
fat, whst9 They arc certainly strong,
or and have moro lie IN them. tn
trcatNant II truly tonic-and for Thu
reason u Il being used . q valuable
ad1uvAnt method In some cases o,
tuberculosis.
Once moro ! ray "Aay. okinnay
you ahould stArt your insultn treat,
Mcnt t0dAy--And don't lot any olt
Sogy keep YOU from Joining tho rank,