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YGAL GILBOA, M.D.; ANDRE de VRIES, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1959;104(2):290-294.

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A form of polyuria in which the urine does not taste sweet was recognized by Thomas Willis in 1674. Diabetes insipidusspurius was separated as a distinct entity from diabetes mellitus-verus by Frank in 1794.¹ Today it is evident, however, that the term diabetes insipidus has been used to indicate various polyurias of different etiology.² Among these, the recognition of psychogenic polydipsia, described in 1905 by Ramond and Achard under the name of potomania, is of special importance, as this is a "polyuria" which may be radically cured.

While in true diabetes insipidus the polyuria is due to a defective secretion of antidiuretic hormone, in psychogenic polydipsia there is a disturbance in thirst control not caused by impairment of production or release of antidiuretic hormone.

In the present communication we describe a case of psychogenic polydipsia with unusual features, notably the sudden onset of polydipsia following a small dose . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Petah Tiqva, Israel

From the Department of Medicine D, Beilinson Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug. 19, 1958.

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