Case of Diabetes Mellitus with Very Low Specific Gravity
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On 31st August 1897, a woman, Puma by name, of the barber caste, between 30 and 40 years of age, came to me on account of blindness. She was in a state of extreme emaciation, and complained of excessive thirst. As she was suffering from the scarcity. prevailing in the district, and was in a condition of destitution, she was unable to say whether her hunger was more than could be accounted for by want of food. I found cataract in both eyes, and, upon examining her urine, found that it
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