Insulin in Malnutrition
Authors: ROY D. METZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 December 1932Insulin in MalnutritionFurther Observations1ROY D. METZ, M.D.ROY D. METZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-6-743 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhen Banting and Best2made their outstanding contribution to scientific medicine and changed the diabetic patient of today to a living and not a dying diabetic, they little dreamed that the usage of insulin would invade the entire realm of medicine. It was about one year afterwards that Pitfield3made successful use of insulin in infantile inanition. He noted that diabetic patients on insulin treatment often gained weight at a phenomenal rate even when the food intake was not excessive. Then Marriott4reported uniformly good results in infantile athrepsia with the usage of insulin. 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