TY  - JOUR
T1  - SOme experiences with the oatmeal diet in the treatment of diabetes mellitus
AU  - CROFTAN AC
Y1  - 1909/04/24
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.25420430009002c
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1313
EP  - 1316
VL  - LII
IS  - 17
N2  - The feeding of diabetics with large quantities of a single carbohydrate (oatmeal, rice, potato, milk) has been practiced with occasional success for many years; when carefully controlled and when employed in properly selected cases this method is a useful and often indispensable adjuvant to the treatment; when applied promiscuously it is dangerous. Because it is not a routine measure applicable alike to all types of diabetes it has not become popular.As a preliminary step the type of diabetes must be established. I have found the following clinical classification to be convenient and useful.CLINICAL TYPES OF DIABETES 
    Type 1. 
    —In cases of this type the sugar disappears within two days after complete withdrawal of carbohydrates; this type, of course, includes patients who retain a small tolerance, i. e., that fail to pass sugar even when 100 or 150 grams of white bread or its equivalent1 are administered.The
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.25420430009002c
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420430009002c
ER  -