Book Id: 44039 Researches on the nature and treatment of diabetes. F. W. Pavy.
Researches on the nature and treatment of diabetes

Researches on the nature and treatment of diabetes

Publisher Information: London: John Churchill, 1862.

Pavy, Frederick William (1829-1911). Research on the nature and treatment of diabetes. ix, 210pp., plus 32-page publisher’s catalogue. Plate, folding table. London: John Churchill, 1862. 222 x 140 mm. Original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, new spine label. Light toning but very good.

First Edition. Pavy, the last of the English physician-chemists, decided to make diabetes research and treatment his life’s work after studying with Claude Bernard in Paris. In the first part of the present work, Pavy described his modification of Fehling’s solution (copper sulfate, potassium bitartrate, sodium hydroxide, water) by adding an ammoniacal salt, so that it could be used to analyze the amount of glucose in the blood and urine. He later gave a classic description of diabetic neuropathy, and was among the first to recognize the significance of acetone and other ketones discharged in the acute stages of diabetes. Garrison-Morton.com 3936.

Book Id: 44039

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