U.S.A. CLAIM.

Grey River Argus, 16 October 1922, Page 5

U.S.A. CLAIM.

1 A CURE FOR DIABETES. [. < • ami N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received October 14, 5.5 pan.) NEW YORK, October 14. The University of Pennsylvania, after several experiments with serum supplied by the University of Toronto, has announced that there are indications that this serum is practically an absolute cure for diabetes. IS CLAIM PREMATURE? N.Z. EXPERT’S VIEWS. (By Telegraph—Special to “Argus.”) CHRISTCHURCH, October 15. T)r. F. V. Bevan Brown, of Christchurch, says that the New York cablegram announcing a cure for diabetes should be accepted with considerable caution. A full opinion, obviously, cannot be given without the full details, but, as the cablegram appears, one can say that such a statement, at such an early date, is a premature one. In such a disease as diabetes, says Dr. Bevan Brown, before one can pronounce that a cure has been discovered, it is necessary to have the figures of a very large number of cases, over a very long period of time. It is well known that in recent years both English and American workers have devised a method of dieting, by which a large number of diabeticscan reasonably expect to be so improved that, they can lead active lives for many years. The pathology of diabetes, according to the doctor, is a very complicated ami difficult question, and is still largely a matter of controversy, so that the treatment of the disease is necessarily one of constant experiment, based on long experience,* and chi hardly be achieved by any sudden discox ery. The American workers are rather inclined, in their enthusiasm for a discovery, to proclaim one before it has been properly established. Dietetic treatment of diabetes is the “ bedrock on which English workers place reliance, and the results of this treatment, if it is skilfully applied, are in many cases highly satisfactory. “As far as I know,” concluded Dr. Bevan Brown, “no method of serum treatment has yet been used in New Zealand. ’ ’