A Study of the Distribution of Sugar in the Blood of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Indian Subjects

severe or severe cases of diabetes it is shown that the plasma sugar is much higher than the whole-blood sugar and is higher still than the corpuscular sugar, the difference between the plasma sugar and the corpuscular sugar in a moderately severe case of diabetes mellitus seldom falling below 20 per cent. In severe cases it may be much higher. The author is of opinion that in cases of diabetes mellitus the determination of plasma sugar and the corpuscular sugar as well as the determination of the plas?na-corpuscular sugar ratio" will give a much clearer idea of the nature and the severity of the disease than is offered by the determination of the whole-blood sugar alone. It is shown that the lack of permeability of the corpuscles to sugar intake, and the lack of utilization of sugar within their