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. Frederick Banting More Quotes by Frederick Banting More Quotes From Frederick Banting 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. Frederick Banting burdens-of-life physicians medicine No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit. Frederick Banting beer science book If a patient became sugar-free and blood sugar normal on a basal requirement diet, the caloric intake was gradually increased until sugar appeared in the urine. The tolerance was thus ascertained. Frederick Banting sugar tolerance blood Intravenous injections of extract from dog's pancreas, removed from seven to ten weeks after ligation of the ducts, invariably exercises a reducing influence upon the percentage sugar of the blood and the amount of sugar excreted in the urine ... the extent and duration of the reduction varies directly with the amount of extract injected. Frederick Banting dog exercise blood Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night. Time, meals, sleep - all were of secondary consideration. We had to get insulin into a form that was refined enough for continued clinical use. Frederick Banting best day sleep time Best said possibly the only thing that would have changed my attitude: 'What will happen to me?' 'Your friend MacLeod will look after you,' I said. Best replied, 'If you get out, I get out.' There was silence for some moments. I thought of all the joy of the early experiments which we had known together. Here was loyalty. Frederick Banting best me silence attitude In the U.S., the incidence of diabetes has increased proportionately with the per capita consumption of sugar. Frederick Banting per diabetes consumption sugar I had been taught that if I cried, to be quiet about it, so whereas I never howled, the least thing made me cry both at school and at home. Crying tends to separate a child from other children, for even children dislike a cry baby, and I had no friends in the world. Frederick Banting me home children world I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called 'The Landing.' It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a boat up onto skids out of the water. The thought occurred to me that I might paint such a picture. Frederick Banting me time water men I lived in constant terror of being asked a question in class. Even if I knew the answer, I was never able to tell it before the class. Frederick Banting answer never being class During the first couple of years at school... I used to take my lunch and go down by the old fair grounds & sit alone by the side of the road & eat it... Those lovely, lonely lunches stick deep in my memory as unhappy times. Frederick Banting alone memory lunch school When I go in, I find that it is not a lab but an office. There are a pile of letters to answer, phone numbers to call up, people waiting to have an interview, routine work that must be done. Frederick Banting phone waiting work people British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt. Frederick Banting measure attack back position The place where we were operating was not fit to be called an operating room. Aseptic work had not been done in it for some years. The floor could not be scrubbed properly, or the water would go through on the laboratories below. Frederick Banting place go work water The method of estimating the potency of insulin solutions is based on the effect that insulin produces upon the blood sugar of normal animals. Frederick Banting animals sugar normal blood I very deeply appreciate the honour which you have conferred upon me in awarding the Nobel Prize for 1923 to me and Professor J.J.R. Macleod. Frederick Banting me you prize appreciate Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with tears until he could not see. Frederick Banting eyes good hero father My work is entirely surgical, and Col. Starr has given me a very interesting task of collecting nerve cases that have had the nerves sewn together. I may also do some experimental work for him. Frederick Banting me together work interesting In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the introduction of air forces, there is an increased dependence on the home country, and eight to ten people working at home are now required to keep one man in the fighting line. Frederick Banting man home men war Especially during the hot weather, we have been so greatly hampered by infections despite our utmost care, and since we have lost so many dogs, I strongly desire more help to keep the place clean and gloves and gowns and a thorough fitting up of our operating room. Frederick Banting place care hot weather
