The Practice of Psychiatry in General Hospitals

This book is based upon a symposium on "The Nature and Actions of the Internal Secretions of the Pancreas" which was held in London, England, from the 21st to the 23rd of June 1955.It is truly an international c9llection of famous names in chemistry, physics and the biological sciences.The subject material in general consists of fundamental research such as reports on the destruction of pancreas cells by chemical means, and the metabolic effects so pro- duced.Several chapters are devoted to very technical dis- cussions on fractionation of insulin, the chemical structure and the three dimensional structure of insulin.Metabolic effects of insulin are presented such as the effect upon the permeability of tissue cells to sugars, effect on transport of sugars, and hepatic action.An excellent review and discussion, as well as original work on glucagon is presented, including its chemical and biological characteristics and metabolic effects.It is work such as this which may lead to eventual improvement in the treatment of diabetes and other disturbances of carbo- hydrate metabolism.This book is not for the general practitioner or general internist.It is very valuable for those who are doing basic research on the pancreas and for those who are doing clini- cal research in this field.The chapters on glucagon are stimulating and give rise to new avenues for clinical in- vestigation

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