Development of Insulin to Treat Diabetes



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Y/M/D Description Place
1916/00/00 Funded with $7,500 annually by the Carnegie Corporation and $20,000 by others, Dr Potter establishes the Memorial Laboratory and Clinic for the Study and Treatment of Nephritis, Gout and Diabetes at the French Hospital, New York City. French Apartments, New York City
1919/07/05 Dr Nathaniel Potter dies in San Francisco. Flags in Santa Barbara will fly at half-mast upon news of his passing. Santa Barbara, California
1919/10/00 The new Potter Metabolic Clinic wing at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara is formally dedicated.
1920/09/00 Dr William Sansum of Chicago is asked to become the director of the Potter Metabolic Clinic.
1922/00/00 Dr William D Sansum becomes the first physician in the US to produce and administer life-saving insulin to patients with diabetes.
1922/01/00 Charles Best develops a crude pancreatic extract at the University of Toronto. Administered to Leonard Thomson, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes, the treatment lowered Thomson's blood sugar, but only produced minimal improvements.

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