VOL. XVIII.
SEPTEMBER, 1900.
NO. 9.
Original Communications.
A CASE OF XANTHOMA DIABETICORUM.
BY SAMUEL SHERWELL, M.D.,
Brooklyn.
WITH A REPORT ON THE HISTOLOGY,
BY JAMES C. JOHNSTON, A.B., M.D.,
New York.
The present case, Mrs. E. D., æt. 40, native of the United States of America, somewhat plethoric and stocky in build, and apparently fairly nourished, first appeared at my clinic January 8,1900.
Diagnosis being evident at a glance, she was directed to come to my office the following day, and to bring sample of urine, which she did. The urine was then examined, found to have sp. gr. 1021; normal in reaction; slightly albuminous, and an enormous sugar reaction found. . . .
Wishing to present her in this classic condition at the meeting of the New York Dermatological Society—January 23, 1900—I did not put her on active medication but confined myself to ordering her to restrict herself . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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