Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Contribution of a scientist unit 4
Name of Scientist: Frederik Banting (1891-1942)
Area(s) of Specialty: Medicine
Examples of research they have done and the contribution to the field of study
Discovered insulin by removing a pancreas (surgically) from a healthy dog and noticing that the dog would develop symptoms of diabetes which lead to further investigation and lead to the discovery of insulin.
Launched Canada's first research efforts in aviation medicine
He did useful work and research on silicosis
Other information of note
Amateur Painter
Medicine teacher at the university of Toronto
Won a nobel prize
What does this make you wonder further about?
I did read that Banting sustained major pressure from the community to conquer more diseases. This pressure led to the end of his relationship with his fiance and I wonder if he didn’t have so much pressure would he have been able to contribute more to fighting diseases.
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