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ELLIOTT P. JOSLIN, M.D.

J Am Med Assoc. 1921;76(2):79-84.

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On the broad street of a certain peaceful New England village there once stood three houses side by side, as commodious and attractive as any in the town. Into these three houses moved in succession four women and three men—heads of families—and of this number all but one subsequently succumbed to diabetes. The remaining member of the group died of cancer of the stomach at the age of 77 years. A search for the cause of these deaths, untimely in the majority of instances, led to the accumulation of the data on which this paper is based. From the conclusions which the present analysis of 1,000 cases of diabetes suggests, it is hoped that eventually many similar deaths from diabetes mellitus can be prevented.

Although six of seven persons dwelling in these adjoining houses died from a single cause, no one spoke of an epidemic. Contrast the activities of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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