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John Rolla
Successfully treated a person with diabetes using dietary restriction -
Diabetic Symptom
Scientists were able to make a connection between diabetic peoples and their sweet smelling urine -
Claude Bernard
Died this year. He discovered that liver stores glycogen, and made an incorrect hypothesis that the liver caused diabetes. -
Van Mering
He disproved Bernard's theory and concluded that it is actually the pancreas that causes diabetes -
test for diabetes by looking for sugar in urine
treated with vigorous sponge bath, sugar of lead to restrict urine flow, dose of creosote, drink little,a dn avoid sugar -
Fredrick Banting
This Candian scientist discovered insulin -
Insulin Treatment
The first insulin treatment was administered to a 14 year old boy -
JB Collip
JB Collip developed purified injections of insulin -
Eli Lilly
Insulin began to be produced commercially to make up the the shortage that was experienced -
JJ Abel crystallized insulin
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Protaminexinc insulin was introduced as a longer lasting treatment
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Test with eye exam( looking for clouds in retinal arteries), weaker pulse, urinalysis
treat with a special restrictive diet and insulin injections -
Lente insulin was introduce as another longer lasting insuli
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Freckick Sanger got the Nobel Prize for discovering 2 chains of 51 amino acids linked by disulfide bridges
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Technique of immunoassay in scientific investigation by Solomon Berson and Rosalind Yalow
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Dorothy Hodgin discovered 3D structure of insulin molecule
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Diabetes treated with insulin and fluid injects, monitering glucose, potassium, and electrolyte levels in body
diagnosed using an urinalysis and a blood test for glucose; look for high levels of glucose and ketones -
Insulin is made by recombinant DNA technology and there is an unlimited amount of insulin for us
Can be administered for different types of people by syringe, pens, pumps
