Diabetes in the Negro Race
Authors: Eugene J. Leopold
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 September 1931Diabetes in the Negro RaceEUGENE J. LEOPOLD, M.D.EUGENE J. LEOPOLD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-3-285 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt was not so many years ago that diabetes mellitus was considered a rare disease in the colored race. In fact, it is rather common today to hear usually well informed physicians express this belief. This is not altogether surprising since the literature on the subject is indeed meager. It is hoped that such facts as I am able to present will stimulate further study of the subject.Osler's "Principles and Practice of Medicine" until about ten years ago said diabetes mellitus was rare among negroes. I. I. Lemann of New Orleans was the first to call to our attention...References1 LEMANN II: Diabetes mellitus among the negroes, New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jr., 1911, lxiii, 461-467. Google Scholar2 LEMANN II: Diabetic gangrene in the south, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 659-662. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 BOWCOCK HM: Diabetes mellitus in the negro race: a study of one hundred consecutive cases, South. Med. Jr., 1928, xxi, 994-999. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 Personal communication from the Health Dept. of City of Baltimore, Md. Google Scholar5 GRUBE JOSLIN JE, quoted from : The treatment of diabetes, 1928, 140. Google Scholar6 JOSLIN JE: The treatment of diabetes, 1928, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 159. Google Scholar7 LEMANN II: Diabetes mellitus, syphilis, and the negro, Am. Jr. Med. Sc., 1921, clxii, 226-230. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 PAULLINDAVISONWOOD JEHMRH: Incidence of syphilitic infection among negroes in the South, its influence in the causation of disability, and methods which are being used to combat this infection, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1927, cxcvii, 345-350. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 WARTHINWILSON ASUF: The coincidence of latent syphilis and diabetes, Am. Jr. Med. Sc., 1916, clii, 157-164. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 SPALDINGCURTIS FMWS: Retinitis and other changes in the eyes of diabetics, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1927, cxcvii, 165-176. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Md.*From the Johns Hopkins Hospital Out Patient Department Diabetic Clinic.†Presented before The American College of Physicians, Section E, Baltimore, Maryland, March 26, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEvidence for the “Genetic Admixture Hypothesis” That the Increased Incidence of IDDM Among African Americans Compared to Africans is Due in Large Part to Susceptibility Gene(s) Which Entered Through Admixture with the European American Gene PoolA study of the diseases in the negro with particular Reference to the Gastrointestinal TractA survey of four hundred ninety diabetic admissions to general hospitals 1 September 1931Volume 5, Issue 3Page: 285-293KeywordsDiabetes mellitusHospitalsOutpatientsRacial and ethnic issues Issue Published: 1 September 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...