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PAPER II

JOSEPH H. BARACH, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1927;39(5):636-642.

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In a preceding article, the subject of hereditary tendency in diabetes¹ was discussed, with the concluding thought that diabetic patients present certain physical characteristics, and that these characteristics in reality are constitutional watermarks.

In searching further for etiologic factors in diabetes, I made a survey of all preceding diseases in a group of 226 diabetic patients. This survey deals especially with infectious diseases experienced prior to the onset of diabetes, and is part of a general study concerning the relationship of acute infection to chronic diseases.

To this end, a statistical study of the history of the disease was made in 1,530 unselected medical cases. From these patients my co-workers and I obtained a complete history of all the known previous diseases. Each patient was given a questionnaire to be filled in at home, with the assistance of the family, which we believe increases the accuracy of such records.

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