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Title |
Urine Sugar Comparator, Somogyi Method |
Object Name |
Comparator |
Object ID |
01:03.041 |
Description |
Wooden holder with holes in top for test tubes; scale goes from 0.5 to 6.0% |
Date |
mid-1900s |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 W-1.875 L-11.25 inches |
Material |
Wood, Liquid |
Made |
A.S. Aloe & Company |
Digital Collections Link |
https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/bghfxmq |
Search Terms |
Comparator Diabetes Diabetes--Treatment Measuring Instruments Medical instruments and apparatus Sugar Urine--Analysis Somogyi, Michael, Dr., 1883-1971 |
Provenance |
Used for qualitative color comparison of urine samples Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883 - 1971) was an Austro-Hungarian- born professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, who prepared the first insulin treatment given to a child with diabetes in the USA in October 1922.[1] Somogyi showed that excessive insulin makes diabetes unstable in the Chronic Somogyi rebound of which he gave his name, and first published his findings in 1938. |