Tuesday, August 28, 2018

INSULIN

The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921–22 was one of the
most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin’s impact
was so sensational because of the incredible effect it had on diabetes patients. Th ose
who watched the fi rst starved, sometimes comatose, diabetics receive insulin and
return to life saw one of the genuine miracles of modern medicine. Th ey were present
at the closest approach to the resurrection of the body that our secular society
can achieve, and at the discovery of what has become the elixir of life for millions
of human beings around the world.

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