Medal insulin Cymru. Welsh insulin medal

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Title

Medal insulin Cymru. Welsh insulin medal

Author

Eli Lilly Company. Britain

Publisher

Eli Lilly Company. Britain

Date

[1995]

Physical Description

1 medal. ; 4 cm. diameter

Scope and Content

Item is a gold medal in a blue leather box. One side depicts the red dragon of Wales and bares the inscription: 'Medal insulin Cymru. Welsh insulin medal.' The other side depicts Elizabeth Hughes and the inscription: 'Elizabeth Evans Hughes 1907-1981. One of the first children to be treated with insulin in 1922.'

Digital ID

insulin:A10002

Note(s)

MS. COLL 334 (Hughes) Box 3
Title taken from inscription on item.
In 1995, the Eli Lilly Company in Britain commissioned a number of Welsh Insulin Medals to honour Welsh diabetics who had lived with the aid of insulin for fifty years or more. The medal honours Elizabeth Evans Hughes as one of the first children to be treated with insulin in 1922 and commemorates her Welsh background.

Subject(s)

Hughes, Elizabeth Evans - Medals
Welsh Insulin Medals
Insulin - Early patients