Diabetes History slide 2 ,3,4,5

                Slide 2

Diabetes Causes

Genetical 

Environmental

Reported by Sushrut

     Slide 3

In 1889 Minkowski, with the German physiologist 

Joseph von Mering (1849-1908), discovered

 that dogs subjected to removal of their pancreas

 develop the symptoms of diabetes,

 leading Minkowski to postulate that the pancreas

 is the site of secretion of an «antidiabetic»

 substance, now known to be insulin. 

           Slide 4

The Noble story of Insulin 1921

DR Banting & DR Best isolated insulin

From pancreas of dog

Insulin injected to a diabetic dog 

 showed fall in glucose levels

                 Slide5

On January 11, 1922, a 14-year-old 

with type 1 diabetes

 named Leonard Thompson received an experimental injection

 at the Toronto General Hospital that would change 

history. At the time, type 1 diabetes was thought

 to be a death sentence.

 Thompson's life was extended by 

an additional 13 years using insulin.