. Endocrinology. 708 GLYCOSURIA AND KIDNEY PERMEABILITY drank a great deal of water but did not have frequency of years ago a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism had been made andhe had been taking thyroid extract for 10 years; he had been sexuallyimpotent for 5 years. A blood cell count gave WBC 6000, RBC4,610,000; HGB 70 per cent; the Wassermann test was negative; theurine showed a trace of sugar. Glucose tolerance test gave the find-ing shown in the table and in Chart As in the preceding case the blood sugar curve is typical ofhypopituitarism. These subjects may or may not have
. Endocrinology. 708 GLYCOSURIA AND KIDNEY PERMEABILITY drank a great deal of water but did not have frequency of years ago a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism had been made andhe had been taking thyroid extract for 10 years; he had been sexuallyimpotent for 5 years. A blood cell count gave WBC 6000, RBC4,610,000; HGB 70 per cent; the Wassermann test was negative; theurine showed a trace of sugar. Glucose tolerance test gave the find-ing shown in the table and in Chart As in the preceding case the blood sugar curve is typical ofhypopituitarism. These subjects may or may not have a lowrenal permeability so that the presence of glycosuria as in thisman may easily be misinterpreted. A determination of the glu-cose tolerance curve, however, at once interprets the case andthe glycosuria ceases of be of any consequence. Case No. 11: A married woman, 32 years of age, came to theclinic because of multiple swollen joints. Her family history wasnegative. She had 4 children living and well; she had had twomiscarriages. Her ailment began with stiffness of the knees andshoulders, spreading to her hands and involving other points untilat this time practically every joint in the body was involved andpainful. Her teeth had all been extracted and her tonsils had a good appetite and was not constipated. She said that shecraved sweets and had a moderate thirst. Six years before she hadhad severe pleurisy. There had been no notable change in her weightor st
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