Word: insulin
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...Miracle of Insulin...
...miracle of insulin by Nobelist Banting and [his colleague] Best is still the greatest single contribution to stretching the diabetic's life as long as the non-diabetic...
...intend to convey the impression that death begins after 25 years of insulin or diabetic therapy...
...isolation of insulin (in 1921) was a lifesaver for diabetics. But doctors now regard insulin as a mixed blessing. While it prolongs a diabetic's life, insulin may save him for complications that are even more dreaded than diabetes. Most common complication is arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries...
...Katz was even confident about his own case. Said he: "Insulin is only good on a diabetic for 25 years, and then comes the danger of gangrene. I have seven years to go." To play safe, Dr. Katz has already started using ether injections himself...