Word: insulin
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Insulin, most talked of medical discovery of the century, now has a rival for treating diabetes-intarvin, a form of artificial fat that can be eaten and digested by diabetic patients. It was discovered by Dr. Max Kahn, associate in biological chemistry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in collaboration with Dr. Ralph H. McKee, professor of chemical engineering at Columbia. "Intarvin," meaning "intermediate fat," is so named because one molecule of it contains 17 carbon atoms instead of the 16 or 18 usual in ordinary fats. This is the first successful commercial manufacture...
...preliminary experiments on animals, intarvin was tried on more than two dozen patients at Beth Israel Hospital, where Dr. Kahn is director of laboratories and attending physician for diseases of metabolism. It alleviated all the cases, some of which were in the final coma, and succeeded in some where insulin had failed. It is not expected to supplant insulin, however, for the two treatments proceed from different principles, insulin being injectel hypodermically to reduce the blood sugar, and intarvin being fed by mouth to prevent acidosis. The first pound of intarvin, made in Professor McKee's laboratory, cost...
...Cornell Medical School, and has spent four years in constant research on problems of metabolism. Physicians and chemists who are in a position to judge have accepted the scientific foundation of intarvin as sound, and there is reason to believe that it will soon take its place beside insulin as an approved treatment, though neither can yet be called complete...
...North American delegation included Dr. William W. Keen, of Philadelphia, " dean of American surgeons "; Dr. William J. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., and Dr. Frederick G. Banting, of Toronto, discoverer of insulin. The Prince officially welcomed the delegates and extended congratulations to Dr. Keen, the recent President of the Society, " who, despite the 86 years he carries so lightly, and the weight of his world-wide reputation, is again among us to participate in every meeting of this distinguished gathering." Lord Curzon was gratified that the Congress had chosen to meet in England for the first time. Professor Giordano, of Vienna...
Seven thousand five hundred dollars' annuity for the man who discovered Insulin...