Jan. 29.
Carbohydrate, 45 grams.
Protein, 50 grams.
Fat, 200 grams—2194 calories. No glycosuria.
Jan. 31.
Carbohydrate, 50 grams.
Protein, 60 grams.
Fat, 200 grams—2347 calories. No glycosuria.
Discharged Feb. 1 sugar-free on this diet.
Weight at entrance, 160 pounds.
Weight at discharge, 156 pounds.
This was not a severe case and responded very easily to treatment.
Case 5. A female of 59, a diabetic of two years' standing, excreted 2.6% of sugar on Jan. 16, 1915, with no acetone or diacetic acid reactions in the urine. Severe pruritus vulvae. Starved two days; sugar-free on the second starvation day, with disappearance of the pruritus.
Jan. 21.
Carbohydrate, 15 grams.
Protein, 25 grams.
Fat, 150 grams—1595 calories. No glycosuria.
From this time the diet was slowly raised until on
Jan. 30 she was getting
Carbohydrate, 35 grams.
Protein, 45 grams.
Fat, 200 grams—2156 calories.
She was sugar-free on this and was discharged to the out-patient department after a two weeks' stay in the wards.
Weight at entrance, 135 pounds.
Weight at discharge, 133 pounds.