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1500
Fed a cup of cooking oil
Before insulin was discovered, this is how they treated it. Fail -
Thomas Willis discovered the smell of urine of diabetics
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John Rollo treated first patient with dietary restriction.
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Claude Bernard discovered that the liver stored glycogen and secreted a sugary substance into the blood
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Von Mering discovered Bernard's liver theory and that removing the pancreas caused diabetes
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Fredrick Banting, Macloud, and Charles Best prepared an extract from the panaceas of a dog
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First human patient receives insulin from Banting and Best
Failed -
Purified injections made
Glucose levels dropped -
Insulin was being produced commercially and use to treat diabetes
Used in most Western countries -
Insulin was crystallized by J.J.Abel
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Protamine zinc introduced
Longer acting -
Lente insulins were introduced
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Easier to measure small amounts of insulin - immunoassay