Arthur Scott Donkin
Arthur Scott Donkin | |
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Born | 6 July 1828[1] |
Died | 3 September 1883 |
Occupation(s) | Physician, writer |
Arthur Scott Donkin (6 July 1828 – 3 September 1883) was a British physician and writer known for his research on diabetes. Donkin proposed a skimmed milk treatment for Bright's disease and diabetes.
Biography
Donkin was born to Samuel Donkin (1801–1888) and Sarah Scott.
Donkin did not originate the use of skimmed milk to treat diabetes but was a notable proponent of using it exclusively to treat his patients.[4][5] He also used it to treat Bright's disease.[6] Whilst a physician to the Sunderland Infirmary he reported that his diabetic patients had a "complete and permanent recovery" in 15 days on a diet of skim-milk.[7] Donkin reported his results in a series of papers in The Lancet journal.[7] However, his results were not confirmed by other researchers.[4]
Donkin's skim-milk treatment for diabetic patients consisted of a cup of skim-milk every two or three hour on the first day: on the second day the quantity was doubled at the same intervals: on the third day half a pint was given at intervals of three or four hours: on the fourth day four pints were given and after that six, seven or more pints could be given.
A 12-page review of Donkin's On the Relation Between Diabetes and Food was published in The Glasgow Journal, in 1876.[8]
Selected publications
- The Natural History of the British Diatomaceae (1870)
- The Skim-Milk Treatment of Diabetes and Bright's Disease (1871)
- Further Observations on the Skim-Milk Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus (1873)
- On the Relation Between Diabetes and Food and Its Application to the Treatment of the Disease (1875)
References
- ^ "Arthur Scott Donkin". Victorian Professions. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ a b Welford, Richard. (1895). Men of Mark 'Twixt Tyne and Tweed, Volume 2. London: W. Scott. pp. 108-109
- ^ "John George Donkin". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ S2CID 220208212.
- ^ Allen, Frederick M; Stillman, Edgar; Fitz, Reginald (1919). "Total Dietary Regulation in the Treatment of Diabetes" (PDF). Monograph of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. 11: 37.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "The Skim-Milk Treatment of Diabetes and Bright's Disease". Edinburgh Medical Journal. 17: 850–852. 1872.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-17250-0
- PMC 5885576.