Psychogenic Factors in the Etiology of Diabetes

Abstract
EVER since the demonstration by Von Mering and Minkowski that extirpation of the pancreas in dogs produces diabetes, a great deal of research work has been performed to elucidate the pathogenesis of this disease. The influence of heredity has been stressed, and the evidence that diabetes is inherited as a Mendelian recessive has been presented by Pincus and White.1 Additional factors, such as obesity, have also been evaluated. From the experimental field, the relation of diabetes to the pituitary gland has been demonstrated by Houssay2 and that to the adrenal glands by Long and Lukens.3 Recently, the study of experimentally . . .

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