TY  - JOUR
T1  - The diabetic a b c: A practical book for patients and nurses
Y1  - 1949/04/30
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900350064031
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1302
EP  - 1302
VL  - 139
IS  - 18
N2  - This little volume, written for the layman with diabetes, brings out the practical points in his daily routine of treatment. It is written in simple language. The fact that this is the tenth edition indicates its popularity in England. It includes the following points: What diabetes is and the principles of its treatment; the line rationed diet; examples of diet; insulin treatment; hypoglycemia; what to do when ill; diabetic cooking; recipes and food values, and care of the feet. Thus the author has brought out and summarized the essential points of the understanding of the diabetic condition and the necessary routine of treatment, bringing out many practical points which only a physician thus experienced could do. The line estimation of the food values which has become generally adapted in England is not used in the United States and is at first difficult to follow. It has, on the whole, simplified
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900350064031
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900350064031
ER  -