Remarks on the Surgical Aspect of Glycosuria, and on Diabetic Gangrene, with the Record of Three Cases in Which Amputation Was Performed for Gangrene in Diabetics under Spinal Anæsthesia
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We can hardly regard as diabetes a glycosuria which so far as we know is only temporary, and not accompanied by excessive thirst or polyuria; but on the other hand, we cannot say, because sugar appears in the urine for the first time whilst the patient is under our observation, that it is only temporary diabetes, for the glycosuria may really have only been temporarily absent. In such a case if we have marked thirst, polyuria and wasting,
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