| Description | Slide shows two charts of 'Insulin in diabetes.'
Handwritten in label above image gives title.
The 'y' axis on both charts reads 'Blood Glucose; mg. per 100 c.c.'
The 'x' axis on both charts reads 'Hours after injection.'
Charts are labelled 'A' and 'B'.
Title below charts reads 'Fig. 23 - Comparative duration of action of (A) ordinary insulin, and (B) protamine insulin, as contrasted on the same severely diabetic patient under like conditions. Injection (35 units) at 8am. Breakfast twenty minutes later. (30 grams carbohydrate, 18 grams protein, 44 grams fat.); No noon or evening meal. At the end of twenty-four hours in test (A) there was marked acidosis; in test (B) there was no evidence of acidosis, and no glycosuria. (After Wilder, Ann. Int. Med., 1937-38, xi. 14.)' |