DIETARY MODIFICATION OF THE METABOLIC AND CLINICAL EFFECTS OF ACTH AND CORTISONE
Authors: L W KINSELL, J W PARTRIDGE, L BOLING, S MARGEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 November 1952DIETARY MODIFICATION OF THE METABOLIC AND CLINICAL EFFECTS OF ACTH AND CORTISONELAURANCE W. KINSELL, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN W. PARTRIDGE, M.D., LENORE BOLING, M.D., SHELDON MARGEN, M.D.LAURANCE W. KINSELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN W. PARTRIDGE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LENORE BOLING, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SHELDON MARGEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-5-921 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe accumulation of knowledge and the development of concepts regarding the place of ACTH and cortisone in clinical medicine have followed an interesting pattern during the past three years. The first period might be termed the phase of incredulity. This persisted a relatively short time. The second phase would be dubbed properly the era of extreme euphoria. The third period is now with us. Its most outstanding characteristic is the alarm reaction.Such a pattern has been followed in the case of many therapeutic agents. In a measure it bears out the physiologic axiom that for every action there is...Bibliography1. Kinsell LW: The clinical application of pituitary adrenocorticotropic and adrenal steroid hormones, Ann. Int. Med. 35: 615, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Selye H: Prevention by somatotrophin of the catabolism which normally occurs during stress, Endocrinology 49: 197, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, April 24, 1952.From the Institute for Metabolic Research, Highland Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California.†Schering Research Fellow in Endocrinology, 1950-52.‡Schering Research Fellow in Endocrinology, 1948-1949; Damon Runyon Clinical Research Fellow, 1949-1951.Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Armour Laboratories for supplies of ACTH used in these studies; to Merck & Company for supplies of cortisone, and to Mead Johnson for supplies of Lonalac and Casec.This work has been supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health and from the Armour Laboratories.§With the technical assistance of FLORENCE OLSON, ELEANOR KIPP, NANCY DAWSON and MARJORIE COELHO, Oakland, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPotassium supplements in patients treated with corticosteroidsUrinary 17-ketosteroid excretion, blood eosinophil level and adrenocortical function in human brucellosisURINARY 17-KETOSTEROIDS AND KETOGENIC STEROIDS IN A MIXED JAMAICAN POPULATIONThe Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care of Patients Receiving Cortisone or Other Steroid TherapyRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (ELEVENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Cortisone and anaesthesiaPhysiology of the Adrenal Cortex17-KETOSTEROID EXCRETION IN INDIAN MALESThe combination of ACTH-cortisone-hydrocortisone with antibiotics in the management of overwhelmingly severe infectionsTuberculous MeningitisConference at Communicable Disease Department, Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CalifEffect of small doses of cortisone acetate combined with an antihistaminic in ragweed pollinosisTHE USE OF ACTH AND CORTISONE IN THE TREATMENT AND IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MALIGNANT EXOPHTHALMOS: A PRELIMINARY REPORT*LAURANCE W. KINSELL, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN W. PARTRIDGE, M.D., NADINE FOREMAN, M.D. 1 November 1952Volume 37, Issue 5Page: 921-929KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneEndocrinology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...