THE INFLUENCE OF THYROIDECTOMY ON ALIMENTARY GLYCOSURIA.
1. Removal of the thyroid glands causes a rise in the assimilation limit for dextrose. 2. If the parathyroids are left, this result is permanent. 3. The thyroids probably inhibit normally the direct combustion of the sugar in the muscles.
McCurdy
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Hunterian Laboratory of Pathological Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.