Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2333

FREDERICK GRANT BANTING (1894-1941) The internal secretion of the pancreas. 1922 (In Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine. Vol. 7 (1922), no. 5, pp. 251-266.) 25 cm.

Following noted service in the Canadian Army during World War I, Banting established a practice in orthopedic surgery in London, Ontario, and also served as a demonstrator in physiology at the University of Western Ontario. He developed an interest in diabetes and subsequently moved to the University of Toronto where he was joined by Best, a sophomore medical student, in the laboratory of John J. R. Macleod (1876-1935). In late 1921, only eight months after beginning their experimental studies, Banting and Best announced the discovery of insulin; and in this paper, they give a full report on their isolation of insulin from the pancreas of a dog. In 1923, Banting and Macleod received the Nobel prize for their work.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 3967