Diabetes Mellitus

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IN this report the following aspects of diabetes mellitus are considered: biochemistry and physiology; endocrine effects: anatomy and pathology of the pancreas; insulin and its activity; diagnosis; clinical diabetes and therapy; oral hypoglycemic agents; ketosis; pregnancy and diabetes; and complications.Carbohydrate Metabolism1 For over a decade the use of newer technics has contributed experimentally to the clarification of the biochemical basis for diabetes. At the beginning of this period, the conflicting theories of underutilization and overproduction of sugar had just been reconciled by the acceptance of both as joint participants in the diabetic process. The hope that a single defect . . .