PANCREATIC TISSUE EXTRACT (INSULIN-FREE) IN THE TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Authors: Charles Klein, Gamliel Saland, Herman Zurrow
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 February 1943PANCREATIC TISSUE EXTRACT (INSULIN-FREE) IN THE TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASECHARLES KLEIN, M.D., GAMLIEL SALAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., HERMAN ZURROW, M.D.CHARLES KLEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GAMLIEL SALAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HERMAN ZURROW, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-2-214 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has become the custom, in the literature on peripheral vascular disease, to state that there has been an upsurge of interest in, and an increase in clinical and physiological understanding of this type of disorder in recent years. To those who work intensively in this field, however, it is evident that therapeutics has not kept pace with diagnosis. Moreover, the problem of treatment becomes progressively more important as our increasing understanding of peripheral vascular diseases uncovers more cases, and as our population shifts into the age group in which vascular disease is one of the commoner causes of disability....References1. FREYKRAUT EKH: Über einen von der Niere ausgeschiedenen, die Herztätigkeit anregenden Stoff, Ztschr. f. phys. Chem., 1926, clvii, 32. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WOLFFE JB: The therapy of tissue extract, Trans. Am. Therap. Soc., 1931, xxxi, 31. Google Scholar3. WOLFFEFINDLAYDESSEN JBDE: Treatment of angina pectoris with a tissue vasodilator extract. Preliminary report, ANN. INT. MED., 1931, v, 625. Google Scholar4. WOLFFE JB: Pancreatic extract (enzyme-free) in the treatment of diabetic and arteriosclerotic gangrene, Am. Jr. Surg., 1939, xliii, 109. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FISHERDURYEEWRIGHT MMAWIS: Deproteinated pancreatic extract (Depropanex), Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xviii, 425. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SALANDKLEINZURROWGOOTNICKKATZ GCHAA: Criteria for the classification and diagnosis of peripheral vascular diseases, Arch. Int. Med., 1940, lxv, 1035. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SALANDKLEINZURROW GCH: The thermal reflex vasodilatation test in peripheral vascular disease, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xvii, 581. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Bronx, New York*Received for publication December 27, 1941.From the Peripheral Vascular Disease Department, The Bronx Hospital, Bronx, New York.†In our studies, three different commercial brands of pancreatic tissue extract were used. The extract designated hereafter as No. 1 is Tissue Extract No. 568 (Sharp & Dohme); that designated No. 2 is Pancreatic Hormone (Grant); No. 3 is Depropanex (Sharp & Dohme). We wish to express our appreciation to these companies for their kindness and courtesy in supplying our Clinic with these materials for clinical study. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMedical Management of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive DiseasesThe treatment of primary dysmenorrhea with deproteinated pancreatic extract (depropanex) 1 February 1943Volume 18, Issue 2Page: 214-224KeywordsAge groupsDisabilitiesHormonesInsulinPeripheral vascular diseaseVascular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...