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Supplement on diabetes
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proved. B y analogy with some other diseases due to a virus, if it is viral in nature, there m u s t be a multitude of strains to account for the seasonal variations in severity and course. Some, furthermore, who have studied the cold extensively question a virus as the cause. Certainly the strictures laid down by the Council on P h a r m a c y of the A. M. A. as to diagnosis in studying the effect of the antihistamines on colds are r a t h e r impractical in our present state of knowledge and l a b o r a t o r y facilities. So f a r as children are concerned, i~ would be wise for the practitioner to hold off and discourage the use of antihistamines until such time as they have been thoroughly tested with controls. L a r g e resident children's institutions, where the exposure factor is the same for both tested and control groups, and where there is close medical supervision, seemingly offer the only satisfactory environment for a scientific s t u d y to determine whether or not the antihistamines are of value in p r e v e n t i n g and treating colds in children. I f a " w i s h t h o u g h t " could make them of value, we would all be using them. B: S. V. REFERENCES 1. Brewster, J . M . : U . S . Nay. M. Bull. 47: 810, 1947. - - : Ibid. 49: 1, 1949. 2. Teabroek, It. E.: Indust. Med. 19: 39, 1950. 3. Philips, W. F. P., and Fishbein, W . I . : Indust. Med. 18: 526, 1949. 4. lVfurray, It. G.: Indust. aMed. 18: 215~ 1949. 5. Armino, J. J , and Sweet, C.C.: Indust. 3s 18: 509, 1949. 6. J. A. 3s A. 142: 566, 1950. 7. New York Medicine, Feb. 5, 1950. 8. IIoagland, R. J., Dietz, E. N., Myers, P. W., and Cosand, I~I. C.: J. A. 1Vf. A. 143: 157, 1950. 9. Cowan~ D. W , a n d Diehl, It. S.: J . A . IV[. A. 143: 421, 1950. 10. Feller, A. E., Badger, G. F., ttodges, I~. G., Jordon, W. S., Jr., Rammelkamp, C. tI., Jr., and I)ing]e, J . H . : New E n g l a n d J. ivied. 242: 737, 1950.
S U P P L E M E N T ON D I A B E T E S N E of the most difficult fields of medical w r i t i n g is the p r e p a r a t i o n o~ articles of a scientific n a t u r e f o r distribution to and use b y patients. W e are not r e f e r r i n g to the i n n u m e r a b l e articles on general i n f o r m a t i o n a p p e a r i n g in the n e w s p a p e r s a n d p o p u l a r magazines, or p r o p a g a n d a articles published b y m a n y organizations. F r o m time to time an article of the t y p e we r e f e r to comes to light f r o m some clinic where it has been w o r k e d over and used for several years, and is d i s t r i b u t e d in m i m e o g r a p h e d form. ]t serves a most i m p o r t a n t function b u t h a r d l y belongs w'ith the t y p e of m a t e r i a l usually p u b l i s h e d in a medical journal. An example is a discussion of diabetes for p a r e n t s in use at the diabetic clinic at the St. Louis Children's Hospital. The E d i t o r i a l B o a r d of THE JOURNAL believes this article will be of g r e a t help to other clinics a n d pediatricians in practice, and t h e r e f o r e decided to publish it as a s u p p l e m e n t to a r e g u l a r issue of TI-IE JOURNAL. ,Tile publisher s of T~IE JOURNAL, The C. V. Mosby Company, anticipating a d e m a n d for reprints, will have a q u a n t i t y p r i n t e d to be available at $3.75 a hundred, f.o.b. St. Louis. Orders for r e p r i n t s should be addressed to The C. V Mosby Company, 32O7 Washington Blvd., St. Louis 3, Mo.
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proved. B y analogy with some other diseases due to a virus, if it is viral in nature, there m u s t be a multitude of strains to account for the seasonal variations in severity and course. Some, furthermore, who have studied the cold extensively question a virus as the cause. Certainly the strictures laid down by the Council on P h a r m a c y of the A. M. A. as to diagnosis in studying the effect of the antihistamines on colds are r a t h e r impractical in our present state of knowledge and l a b o r a t o r y facilities. So f a r as children are concerned, i~ would be wise for the practitioner to hold off and discourage the use of antihistamines until such time as they have been thoroughly tested with controls. L a r g e resident children's institutions, where the exposure factor is the same for both tested and control groups, and where there is close medical supervision, seemingly offer the only satisfactory environment for a scientific s t u d y to determine whether or not the antihistamines are of value in p r e v e n t i n g and treating colds in children. I f a " w i s h t h o u g h t " could make them of value, we would all be using them. B: S. V. REFERENCES 1. Brewster, J . M . : U . S . Nay. M. Bull. 47: 810, 1947. - - : Ibid. 49: 1, 1949. 2. Teabroek, It. E.: Indust. Med. 19: 39, 1950. 3. Philips, W. F. P., and Fishbein, W . I . : Indust. Med. 18: 526, 1949. 4. lVfurray, It. G.: Indust. aMed. 18: 215~ 1949. 5. Armino, J. J , and Sweet, C.C.: Indust. 3s 18: 509, 1949. 6. J. A. 3s A. 142: 566, 1950. 7. New York Medicine, Feb. 5, 1950. 8. IIoagland, R. J., Dietz, E. N., Myers, P. W., and Cosand, I~I. C.: J. A. 1Vf. A. 143: 157, 1950. 9. Cowan~ D. W , a n d Diehl, It. S.: J . A . IV[. A. 143: 421, 1950. 10. Feller, A. E., Badger, G. F., ttodges, I~. G., Jordon, W. S., Jr., Rammelkamp, C. tI., Jr., and I)ing]e, J . H . : New E n g l a n d J. ivied. 242: 737, 1950.
S U P P L E M E N T ON D I A B E T E S N E of the most difficult fields of medical w r i t i n g is the p r e p a r a t i o n o~ articles of a scientific n a t u r e f o r distribution to and use b y patients. W e are not r e f e r r i n g to the i n n u m e r a b l e articles on general i n f o r m a t i o n a p p e a r i n g in the n e w s p a p e r s a n d p o p u l a r magazines, or p r o p a g a n d a articles published b y m a n y organizations. F r o m time to time an article of the t y p e we r e f e r to comes to light f r o m some clinic where it has been w o r k e d over and used for several years, and is d i s t r i b u t e d in m i m e o g r a p h e d form. ]t serves a most i m p o r t a n t function b u t h a r d l y belongs w'ith the t y p e of m a t e r i a l usually p u b l i s h e d in a medical journal. An example is a discussion of diabetes for p a r e n t s in use at the diabetic clinic at the St. Louis Children's Hospital. The E d i t o r i a l B o a r d of THE JOURNAL believes this article will be of g r e a t help to other clinics a n d pediatricians in practice, and t h e r e f o r e decided to publish it as a s u p p l e m e n t to a r e g u l a r issue of TI-IE JOURNAL. ,Tile publisher s of T~IE JOURNAL, The C. V. Mosby Company, anticipating a d e m a n d for reprints, will have a q u a n t i t y p r i n t e d to be available at $3.75 a hundred, f.o.b. St. Louis. Orders for r e p r i n t s should be addressed to The C. V Mosby Company, 32O7 Washington Blvd., St. Louis 3, Mo.
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