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B.Y. GLASSBERG, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1930;46(4):605-609.

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Since Claude Bernard¹ in 1877, Otto² in 1885 and Pavy³ in 1894 showed that there is a difference in the sugar content of arterial and venous blood, greater during digestion, a number of workers have studied this aspect of sugar metabolism. There is general agreement that in the fasting state the arterial blood contains from 3 to 5 mg. per hundred cubic centimeters more sugar than the venous, and that after the administration of dextrose this difference is increased to between 20 and 80 mg. Lawrence⁴ and Rabinowitch⁵ found that in the patient with diabetes, the arteriovenous difference is very much reduced; in fact, in some cases the sugar in the venous blood is higher than in the arterial. Friedenson⁶ gave a good historical review of the entire subject. It is obvious that the arteriovenous difference is due to the fact that the peripheral tissues, especially the muscles, either store . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ST. LOUIS

From the Medical Service of the Jewish Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, March 28, 1930.

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