Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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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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Area of Significance: | Medical Research Science |
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