Frederick Banting Heritage Minute

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I have an idea that could possibly help regulate glucose levels in diabetic people.
Hi, I'm the assistant Miller sent and this is dog number 33 who we are gonna experiment on.
32 year old, Frederick Banting, who worked as a Medical officer in the war during 1918 took on surgical medicine in Toronto University. After taking on a role of being a Lecturer in Pharmacology at the University in Toronto, Ontario and a lot of thought out into it, he had an idea.
On October 31st, 1920, Frederick wrote down his idea for Insulin. The nest day he brought it to a professor F.R.Miler who advised him to continue his experiment at the University of Toronto
At the University of Toronto. Professor J.J.R Macleod provided Banting with an assistant. dogs, surgeon, and laboratory space to further his experiment.
Insulin Discovery
After many experiments on a dog (Dog 33) using a purified extract of insulin, On December 30, 1921, Frederick Banting was required to provide a speech to experienced scientists and clinicians who had a lot of questions about his discovery.
In late January 1922, the same group of scientists including Banting, successfully administered Insulin into the first human patient. Minor changes were made to the discovery.
Frederick began to work together with Charles Best. With lots of experimentation in 1921, by winter 1921-1922 the discovery of insulin was finally complete. Just a year later in 1923, Frederick Banting won a Nobel Prize for his discovery alongside James Rickard Macleod.

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