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'Will I die, daddy?' asked my small daughter Elizabeth as she slipped her hand into mine as we were leaving the office of the specialist. His verdict had been — diabetes. 'No,' I assured her; 'thanks to Dr. Banting and his wonderful discovery of insulin, you will live. "But Eloise had diabetes and she died,' reasoned my daughter. Eloise was a little neighbor. 'Yes,' I answered, 'but that was before insulin had been discovered.' "
Source: "Rescued by Insulin," Hygeia, 6 (December 1928): 672.
A Determination to Succeed.
"X Factor" Isolated and Purified.
First Successful Treatment of Diabetes.
Banting and MacLeod Honored.
Insulin Promises New Life.
The discovery of insulin has been called one of the most revolutionary events in the history of medicine. Although not a cure, insulin changed the devastating effects of a previously deadly disease. Insulin promised sufferers...|
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