| Show I 1 a Uy By C F 1 M II 11 I Ea Ea East t t St Sl Louis Ills G ga Memorial Institute I S The Tho scientific laboratory test Is Isone Isone Isone one ot of the tha great new forces now nor being being used In iii the Iho ho conquest ot of dis disease ds- ds ease ense It If people ople wo itze to add acid years to to th the present span oC ot t life must be discovered In n Its ney eney before It has damaged the bod body beyond Leond r repair S are arc often often- bewildered and frequently oxe vexed when their physicians advise them to 10 under go under under- undergo go a series aeries of laboratory exam exam- examInations examinations They feel feet that the he time anti and expense required required for tor these thelo ex examinations x- x are aro i Pneumonia appendicitis tonsil tonsil- tonsillitis itis etc often can bo be correctly correctly litis dIagnosed by lY jy a physical al lion Disease or of o this type often I Ilion but by no 10 o means al always ways present such uch clear and 6 symptoms that few special laboratory are necessary for lor their heir recognition The great majority of human diseases however do do- do donot not belong to th the above group and presentA resent a much more complicated problem kIn lem Symptoms e especially in rhe thet-arly thet early stages es are Indefinite and nd do not point to 10 an any or- or organ orSan or organ gan San as 85 is the site cite ot bf the disturbance his is partly due to the fact that thaI the living body the ro- ro re remarkable ability to compensate A largo large portion of or some vital organ my m y be bo almost totally dis- dis disabled dis disabled by disease but the he remain remain- remaining log ing part by greatly Increased et- et efort fort cl fort ort Is often orten ablo able to 10 carry on It its I IlI s and only reveals Pals I Its s trUl condition when called upon for rora fora lora a maximum effort The The liver pancreas kidneys and heart henrt are arc especially remarkable for tor this ability to compensate for fOI dIsease and thus temporarily con conceal COO con concelli ceal geal their true truo condition Diabetes a disease of ot the pan pan- pancreas pancreas reas will serve as us an excellent example Illustrating the absolute need ot of laboratory tests teats In diagnosis A A patient may complain ot of a tired worn out feeling an ane loss ot of o weight or perhaps he ho has been boen troubled with repeated bolls boils Alone these thesa too In- In Indefinite In definite to git give e much aid In arrivIng arriving ing at lit a It diagnosis A physical ex- ex ex examination may may reveal re no outstandIng ing lag detects defects But In taking the personal history the physician learns that one ono or more of or the patients relatives v rB a suffered front from diabetes This fact Is sig- sig significant significant sig significant but not In tn Itself sufficient sufficient clent to establish a diagnosis or of diabetes It dots does however point I the tho way for tor further Investigation The next step should oe De a care car careful ful Jul ul examination ot of the urine Even the urine is found su suar ar free the physician Is not justified In dismissing the dia dla- dla betes beles being the cause ot of o his pa- pa patient's patient's pa tient's symptoms The disease may be In Its earli earlI- earlIest earli- earli earliest est eat stages when It Is ts still possible for for the uninjured portions ot of otHie the pancreas to keep the urine free freo from Irons sugar How then theli can I the problem be bo solved The best and surest means Is the explication of ot the Sugar Tot Tot- Tol Tolerance erance Test This test teat Is ts bas based d on the fact that when a II normal per per- person person per person son takes a II large Quantity ot of sugar by mouth th amOunt of sugar In the blood is ss at first slightly elevated Duo Due to the per per- perfect perfect perfect response ot of o the tho pancreas t this ibis elevation Is 15 but transitory an anthe and the amount ot of bl od sugar soon soun returns to normal In the early arly stages flages ot of o diabetes the tho pancreas cannot respond to this call for effort so the blood sugar becomes abnor abnor- abnormally mally maily high and anti remains so for a along along along long period of time A periodic health examination by i qualified physician in Is urged by tho Iho Gorgas Memorial 1 institute I as the best means titans of deteCting early symptoms of ot disease and checking It bE before reaches before fore It- It It reaches this andI I incurable |
