Elliott P. Joslin

Diabetes and cancer.

STUDIES of the association of diabetes and cancer have been conducted over a period of years, but evidence of a positive relation remains inconclusive. One of the earliest reports was submitted by ...

Certification of death of 1,000 diabetic patients

A perusal of the trend of the diabetic death rates indicates that following the introduction of insulin there was a short drop in the deaths from the disease, but the upward trend was resumed within two years and over a dozen years elapsed before any pronounced change occurred in the trend. For the past eight years the adjusted diabetic death rate has shown no increase and there is even some indication of a regression. The cause of this change is unknown although chronological it follows the use of protamine zinc insulin. Morbidity, on the other hand, has been on the increase and as yet has not shown a tendency to change. A stationary adjusted death rate and an increasing morbidity rate cannot continue indefinitely. A change must occur in one or the other of these rates.

Underlying causes of death of 1000 patients with diabetes.

STUDIES of long-term trends of death rates were made more difficult by the adoption, in 1948, of the sixth revision of the Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuri...

Diabetes Mellitus at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1824 to 1898: A Study of the Medical Records

Dr. Elliott P. Joslin laid the foundation for his lifetime interest in diabetes at the beginning of his medical career. The results of his careful study of the early medical records of the Massachusetts General Hospital published in collaboration with Dr. Fitz 57 years ago reveal information of interest from the viewpoint of the medical historian. The paper is also instructive from two other points of view. The importance of careful observation and sound evaluation of clinical data is illustrated. The progress which has been made in the therapy of diabetes since its initial publication represents a challenge to the future.