Abstract
A toxemia of alimentary origin has long been considered one of the probable factors in the causation of diabetes. The purpose of this paper is not to affirm or deny the validity of such a claim but to summarize the statistics in seventy-two cases recently examined through the courtesy of my colleagues, Drs. C. C. Hubly and C. S. Staines, of the staff of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. The majority of diabetics give a history of constipation or, what is worse, constipation alternating with diarrhea. Although most authorities urge the necessity of careful attention to intestinal hygiene as a part of the treatment of this malady, the literature contains very few articles dealing specifically with intestinal stasis as a cause of diabetes. Brosch 1 reported the necropsy findings in a patient of 60 who had died comatose and uremic with slight jaundice. The urine had shown large quantities of sugar
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