Abstract
This report contains the results obtained on studying certain phases of metabolism in a case of a man aged 22, who presented the classical symptoms of infantilism of the Lorain type, with symptoms definitely pointing to a benign tumor, probably a cyst of the hypophysis. 1 The arrest of the body growth and of sexual development with the moderate adiposity stamped this case as a
typical example of the Froehlich typus or the so-called dystrophia adiposo-genitalis of Bartels.
The patient was placed on the high protein diet of Folin and the following tables contain the data obtained in this study. The high undetermined nitrogen and neutral sulphur of the urine, can readily be noted, while the absorption of fat and protein was normal.
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