The Pituitary and the Sugar Tolerance Curve
Authors: Joseph Eidelsberg
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 August 1932The Pituitary and the Sugar Tolerance CurveJOSEPH EIDELSBERG, M.D.JOSEPH EIDELSBERG, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-2-201 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe history of the relation of a disturbance in sugar metabolism to pituitary disease may be divided into two epochs, that prior to 1911, when rough, more or less scientific observations showed glycosuria with and without the administration of sugar in one group, and the inability, in another group, to produce glycosuria after the administration of sugar; and that epoch since 1911 when Goetsch, Cushing and Jacobson showed that sugar tolerance is increased in hypopituitarism, as determined by blood sugar determinations. From that date down to the present, numerous workers have verified that observation, and in various ways have applied...Bibliography GOETSCHCUSHINGJACOBSON EHC: Carbohydrate tolerance and the posterior lobe of the hypophysis cerebri: an experimental and clinical study, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., 1911, xxii, 165-190. Google Scholar BURN JH: Modification of action of insulin by pituitary extract and other substances, Jr. Physiol., 1923, lvii, 318-329. CrossrefGoogle Scholar JOHN JH: A study of 1100 glucose tolerance tests, Med. Jr. and Rec., 1930, cxxxi, 287. Google Scholar HALE-WHITEPAYNE RWW: Diagnostic value of dextrose-tolerance curves, Quart. Jr. Med., 1927, xx, 457-469. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ENGELBACH W: Personal communication. Google Scholar GLASSBERG BY: The diagnostic value of the sugar-tolerance curve in endocrinopathies, Arch. Int. Med., 1930, xlvi, 984-987. CrossrefGoogle Scholar MYERS VC: Practical chemical analysis of blood, 1924, C. V. Mosby Company, St. Louis, Mo., 87-90. Google Scholar FOSTER GL: Studies on carbohydrate metabolism, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1925, lv, 291-301. Google Scholar EIDELSBERG J: Milk parenterally in arthritis, Med. Jr. and Rec., 1925, cxxi, 674-676. Google Scholar WOODYATT RT: Quoted in Wells, H. G., Chemical Pathology, 1914, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 573. Google Scholar SMITH PE: Hypophysectomy and replacement therapy in rat, Am. Jr. Anat., 1930, xlv, 205-273. CrossrefGoogle Scholar COLWELL AR: Relation of hypophysis to diabetes mellitus, Med., 1927, vi, 1-39. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ALLENLISSER REH: Roentgen ray therapy of hypophysis in patient with acromegaly; its effect on dextrose-tolerance, Arch. Int. Med., 1928, xlii, 703-707. CrossrefGoogle Scholar GARDNER-HILLJONESSMITH HIJF: Pituary obesity in adolescence, Quart. Jr. Med., 1925, xviii, 309-320. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York City*Received for publication, Oct. 12, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAnterior pituitary and pancreasDiagnosis and Treatment of AmenorrheaInnere SekretionProbleme der experimentellen und klinischen Pathologie und Therapie der ZuckerkrankheitRegent trends in the treatment of diabetes mellitusPituitary TumorsDie Simmondssche Krankheit 1 August 1932Volume 6, Issue 2Page: 201-206KeywordsBlood sugar ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...