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Born
Frederick Banting was born on November 14th, 1891. He was a was a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate noted as the co-discoverer of insulin also with Charles H. Best. -
Family
Banting had 5 siblings: 1. Angus Nelson Banting 1881-1941, 2. William Thompson Banting 1882-1964, 3. Alexander Kenneth Banting 1884-1930, 4. Alfred Grant Banting 1886-1886, and 5.Esther Alena Banting 1887-1936. His parents were William Thompson Banting and Margaret Grant. He had 2 spouses: the first one was Marion Robertson (1924–1932) and Henrietta Ball (1937–1941) -
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Education 1910-1912
Banting started at Victoria College part of the University, part of the General Arts Program. He failed his first year ad requested the medical program and was accepted in 1912. And began medical school in September 1912. -
Army
On August 5th, 1914 Banting went to the army. He wanted to go again in October but wasn't allowed because of poor eyesight. But in 1915 successfully joined the army and during the summer, Banting was training before returning to school. His class was fast-tracked to get more doctors into the war so, he graduated on December 1916 and reported for military duty the next day. -
Graduation
Banting was fast-tracked to get more doctors in the war. So in December 1916 he graduated and was announced for military the next day. the date at the bottom is not exact. -
Wounded At War
He was wounded when he was fighting at the Battle of Cambrai in 1918. Although with his injuries, he helped wounded men for 16 hours, when another doctor told him to stop. In 1919 he was awarded the Military Cross for heroism. For the Battle of Cambrai started at October 8, 1918 and finished on October 10, 1918. -
After the war
After Banting came back at the war, he went to Toronto to complete his surgical training. He studied orthopedic medicine. In 1919–1920, he was Resident Surgeon at The Hospital for Sick Children. Banting was unable to gain a place on the hospital staff so instead, he decided to move to London, Ontario to set up a medical practice. From July 1920 to May 1921, he was continuing his general practice. While teaching orthopedics and anthropology parttime at the University of Western Ontario in London -
University of Toronto
From 1921-1922, he was teaching about pharmacology at the University of Toronto. He also received his M.D. degree (Medicine of Doctor) in 1922, and was also awarded for high grades. -
Personal Life
Banting developed an interest in painting beginning around 1921 while he was in London, Ontario. His first art pieces were done on the back of the cardboard which his shirts were packed by the dry-cleaners. He became friends with The Group of Seven artists A. Y. Jackson and Lawren Harris, sharing their love of there landscape. In 1927 he made a sketching trip with A.Y. Jackson to the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. -
How Insulin Was Created #1
How insulin was created was by Banting reading about the pancreas and was interested in diabetes. He was starting to reading reports about it. He had to give a talk about the pancreas to one of his classes at Western University. He was interested he was reading about other reports that scientist had wrote on. -
How Insulin was Created #2
On November 16, 1921, Banting hit upon the idea of collecting insulin from the fetal pancreas. He removed the pancreases from fetal calves at a William Davies slaughterhouse and found that the calves pancreases are the same as the dog pancreases. Banting established a private practice in Toronto and began to treat diabetic patients, including Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, daughter of U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes which he also got. -
After Insulin #1
In 1922, Banting was appointed Senior Demonstrator in Medicine at the University of Toronto in. At the same year he was elected to the new Banting and Best Chair of Medical Research. At the Banting and Best Institute, he focused his research on silicosis, cancer, and the mechanisms of drowning. Not the exact date. -
Nobel Prize
Frederick Banting and John Macleod both recived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Banting split his half of the Prize money with Charles Best, and Macleod split the other half of the Prize money with James Collip. Not the exact date. -
Marriage
Banting got married twice. The first time that he got married was to: Marion Robertson in 1924-1932 and had one child William born in 1928. Then in 1937, he got married to Henrietta Ball until 1941. Not the exact date. -
After Insulin #2
In 1938, Banting's interest in aviation medicine resulted in his participation with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was researching the concern about the physiological problems that come across by pilots operating high-altitude combat aircraft. So Banting headed the Royal Canadian Air Force Number 1 Clinical Investigation Unit, which was housed in a secret address on the grounds of the former Eglinton Hunt Club in Toronto. Not the exact date. -
World War 2
He was investigating the problems of aviators, such as syncope which is fainting, passing out and swooning. He also helped Wilbur Franks with the invention of the G-suit to stop pilots from blacking out when they were to gravitational forces while they were turning or diving. Another project that Banting was doing during the Second World War was involve using and treating mustard gas burns. He even tested the gas and antidotes on himself to see if they were effective. -
Died
On Febuary, Banting died of a plane crash at the age of 49. He was a member of numerous medical academies and societies in Canada and abroad. Including: the British and American Physiological Societies, and the American Pharmacological Society. In 1934 he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and became an active Vice-President of the Diabetic Association in the UK and in May, 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
