Diabetes and Its Treatment

To the Editor:— I wish to call your attention to the content of the book notice published inThe Journalof August 27 on my book "Diabetes and Its Treatment." The review of the medical matter begins by saying that diabetic acidosis and coma and pregnancy are discussed thoroughly and in the following sentence says that the treatment of acidosis is given in a decidedly empiric fashion. This is a contradiction in itself and a misstatement of fact. Chapter VIII, pages 165 to 188, is devoted to the treatment of acidosis and coma, beginning with the origin of our ideas concerning coma, and a step by step description of the evolution of knowledge concerning its treatment. Credit is given to the workers who have laid the foundation for present day treatment. This has not been done as completely or as carefully in other books on the treatment of diabetes. The