Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting
Sir Frederick Grant Banting KBE MC FRS FRSCwas a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter and Nobel laureate noted as the first person to use insulin on humans...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth14 November 1891
CityAlliston, Canada
CountryCanada
Frederick Banting quotes about
burdens-of-life may energy
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates, so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.
deficiency due main principle treatment
Diabetes mellitus is due to a deficiency of the internal secretion of the pancreas. The main principle of treatment is, therefore, to correct this deficiency.