Banting didn't pull this idea out of thin air.
Banting was angry that Macleod,
and not Best, was included in the prize.
When Canadian Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin in 1921 and 1922.
Although Banting and Best initially called their treatment“isletin,” they deferred
to Macleod's suggestion of“insulin.”.
The poor dog improved, and Banting and Best discovered that a few daily injections kept the dog healthy.
Macleod grudgingly allowed Banting to use a bit of laboratory space and gave
him ten dogs and an assistant, Charles Best.
For every genius like Alexander Fleming or Banting and Best(discoverers of Penicillin and Insulin,
respectively), there were ten-thousand quacks selling obscure"wonder-cures" on ten-thousand street corners.
The day chosen was the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, a medical scientist,
who co-discovered insulin, and was the first person to use it on humans.
It was at Western where Sir Frederick Banting rose from a restless sleep in 1920
and wrote out 25 words that led to his discovery of insulin.
By 1922, she had dropped to 45 pounds(she was about 5 feet tall),
and her mother pleaded with Banting until Elizabeth was allowed to participate in the trial.
A simple doctor with only a bachelor's degree, Banting needed the help of a professional researcher, and he
ultimately enlisted the aid of University of Toronto professor John Macleod.
By 1923, the world realized what Banting, Best and Collip had discovered with Macleod's help,
and the Nobel Committee awarded Banting and Macleod the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
This day marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best and John James Rickard Macleod,
conceived the idea that led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.