THE INFLUENCE OF THYROIDECTOMY ON ALIMENTARY GLYCOSURIA

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Article| November 01 1909

John McCurdy

From the Hunterian Laboratory of Pathological Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

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John McCurdy

From the Hunterian Laboratory of Pathological Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

Received: July 12 1909

Online ISSN: 1540-9538

Print ISSN: 0022-1007

Copyright, 1909, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1909

J Exp Med (1909) 11 (6): 798–801.

https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.11.6.798

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.

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Copyright, 1909, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

1909

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