AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: HERMAN O. MOSENTHAL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 December 1937AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTPANCREATITIS AND DIABETES*HERMAN O. MOSENTHAL, M.D., F.A.C.P.HERMAN O. MOSENTHAL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-6-1001 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe involvement of the pancreas as a cause for diabetes is, to a great extent, taken for granted. The exact changes in the pancreas responsible for the development of diabetes are not clearly defined. The situation is a good deal as though all pulmonary conditions—tuberculosis, the pneumonias, abscess, bronchiectasis, asthma, passive congestion—were classified as a disease entity characterized by expectoration and all treated alike on that basis.Certain phases of pancreatic pathology—carcinoma, cyst, adenoma—are well established, but the lesions resulting in diabetes are not satisfactorily evaluated. An attempt will be made in this paper to correlate the changes in the...References ADLER M: Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der diabetischen Lipämie, Berl. klin. Wchnschr., 1909, xlvi, 1453. Google Scholar BARGENBOLLMANKEPLER JAJLEJ: The "diarrhea of diabetes" and steatorrhea of pancreatic insufficiency, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1936, xi, 737. Google Scholar BRUGERMOSENTHAL MHO: The immediate response of the plasma cholesterol to the injection of insulin and of epinephrine in human subjects, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1934, xiii, 399. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BRUGERPOINDEXTER MCA: Relation of the plasma cholesterol to obesity and to some of the complicating degenerative diseases, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liii, 423. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BRUNNER W: Beitrag zur pankreatogenen Lipämie, Klin. Wchnschr., 1935, xiv, 1853. CrossrefGoogle Scholar DRAGSTEDTHAYMONDELLIS LRHEJC: Pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis (acute pancreatic necrosis), Arch. Surg., 1934, xxviii, 232. CrossrefGoogle Scholar DRAGSTEDTVAN PROHASKAHARMS LRJVHP: Observations on substance in pancreas (fat metabolizing hormone) which permits survival and prevents liver changes in depancreatized dogs, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1936, cxvii, 175. CrossrefGoogle Scholar FITZ RH: Acute pancreatitis, Med. Rec., 1889, xxxv, 197, 225, 253. Google Scholar FOORDBOWEN AGBD: Acute interstitial pancreatitis in two cases of diabetic coma, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxx, 676. CrossrefGoogle Scholar HERBERT FK: Observations on blood fats in diabetic lipemia, Biochem. Jr., 1935, xxix, 1887. CrossrefGoogle Scholar JOEL E: Zur Klinik der Lipämie, Ztschr. f. klin. Med., 1924, c, 46. Google Scholar JOSLIN EP: The treatment of diabetes mellitus, 1937, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar LOUGHKILLIAN WGJA: Xanthoma diabeticorum, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1924, viii, 337. Google Scholar MACCALLUM WG: A text-book of pathology, 1936, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar MOSENTHAL HO: Case of pancreatic diabetes mellitus, Arch. Int. Med., 1912, ix, 339. CrossrefGoogle Scholar PRATT JH: Diseases of the pancreas, Oxford Medicine, Vol. 3, p. 473. Google Scholar RICHDUFF ARGL: Experimental and pathological studies in pathogenesis of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1936, lviii, 212. Google Scholar RINGER AI: Demonstration of blood from an extreme case of lipemia in diabetes mellitus, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1917, xv, 40. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ROOT HR: Diabetic coma and acute pancreatitis with fatty livers, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cviii, 777. CrossrefGoogle Scholar WARFIELD LM: Acute pancreatitis followed by diabetes, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 654. CrossrefGoogle Scholar WARREN S: The pathology of diabetes mellitus, 1930, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar WIJNHAUSEN OJ: Ueber Xanthomatose in einem Falle rezidivierender Pankreatitis, Berl. klin. Wchnschr., 1921, lviii, 1268. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 15, 1937.Acknowledgment is made to Dr. S. H. Schechner for the reference of Case 4, to Dr. R. F. Carter for the operative findings, and to Dr. M. Bruger for many of the data on the same patient. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByPathophysiology of the Exocrine Pancreas 1 December 1937Volume 11, Issue 6Page: 1001-1013KeywordsAbscessesAsthmaBronchiectasisLesionsPancreasPneumoniaPulmonary diseases Issue Published: 1 December 1937 PDF DownloadLoading ...