Word: insulin
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Alfred W. McCann, dietetic expert, foe of evolution, writing for Mr. Munsey's (New York) Sun and Globe, issued a timely warning to diabetics who are hailing insulin as a panacea for their disease. When Mr. McCann talks about food his opinions are worth listening to, for they are based on the body of proved knowledge of nutrition built up on the past 20 years by such authorities as Lusk, Mendel, Benedict, McCollum and others...
Whether or not this effort at sincerity, simplicity and truth will appeal to the movie millions remains to be seen. It should, however, prove a dose of insulin for cinema diabetes brought on by excesses in the sweet essences of sentimental romance...
...Insulin has proved a valuable adjunct in the treatment of cases of malnutrition in children, according to Dr. Robert L. Pitfield, of Germantown...
...Public Health Service and Bureau of Fisheries investigators, seeking to extract insulin from the pancreatic glands of sharks and other fish, have so far been unsuccessful. The chief source of supply is still beef pancreas...
...Insulin (for the cure of diabetes) is used hypodermically. It was originally discovered in the pancreas glands (situated at the bottom of the stomach near the vertebrae) of certain animals. (TIME, April 21, June...