Note card recording the first clinical use of extract

Title

Note card recording the first clinical use of extract

Creator

Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941

Description

Item is a blue index note card. Notes on 'clinical use' of the extract in Banting's hand. Notes record the first trial of pancreatic extract on a human diabetic. The extract was given by mouth on Dec. 20 and on Dec. 21 Banting noted 'no beneficial result'.

Date

[Dec. 20 1921]

Source

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Identifier

MS. COLL. 76 (Banting), Box 62, Folder 7; Digital ID insulin:W10011

Files

insulin_W10011_0001.jpeg

Citation

Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941 , “Note card recording the first clinical use of extract,” Digitus - Online Exhibitions from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, accessed December 30, 2024, https://fisherdigitus.library.utoronto.ca/document/7293.