THE USE OF INSULIN.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 10

THE USE OF INSULIN.

DRILL FOR MOTHERS. HOME TREATMENT FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS. /. LONDON, Oct, 20. The great bgon conferred by the use' of insulin in treating the diabetic is being utilised for children, for this disease is not-confined to adults. Naturally treatment by injection, and. recurrent infection, is not exactly welcomed. by youngsters, and the frequent visits to “hospitals in order to- have tile insulin injected is not popular among the kiddies. Small Wonder, then, that a worried mother was overheard bribing her young son andhitteringan ultimatum: “No injection, no tea,” There is, however, some hone that tins procedure rimy he modified in the near future, and children be treated at borne. One of the clerical staff at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick ■children says:—“When diabetic chil|dren have been treated* ih the wards tor a time it is sometimes, possible to send them home to he treated by their mothers if they are sensible. The mother has first to take instructions here She watches the nurses in the wards, then gives the injection herself to her child, under their supervision, and is allowed to take the child ' away when. she is proficient and has learnt the diet. She is asked to bring.it back tor inspection at certain intervals and this helps us in research.” ’