ON DIABETIC ACIDOSIS

Some Remarks on Diabetic Acidosis *

Whether or not, as Pope said, "the proper study of mankind is man," the egocentricity and introspective preoccupation of genus homo has made this study his favorite indoor sport. Although he is as filled with general insatiable curiosity as Kipling's elephant child, this self-preoccupation has tended to orient this curiosity in the direction of his own experiences and especially towards the esc...

The Nature of Diabetic Acidosis.

The Metabolism of Potassium in Diabetic Acidosis *

Although it has been known for some time that a loss of potassium from the body occurs in fasting3' 18 and certain types of dehydration,5' 13 and recently that the replacement of this potassium during parenteral therapy of the dehydration due to infantile diarrhea may materially reduce the mortality rate,9 many of the changes that occur in the metabolism of potassium during the state of extreme...

The Circulating Blood Volume in Diabetic Acidosis.

The clinical evidences of dehydration which are present during severe acidosis in diabetes mellitus raises the question as to whether alterations may occur in the volume of the circulating blood. Such alterations, if present, would influence the apparent concentration of various blood constituents in acidosis and would be of pathological significance in several particulars. It seems likely that...

Electrolyte equilibria in erythrocytes during diabetic acidosis.