Chart showing sugar levels in blood and urine for Dog 392

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Title: Chart showing sugar levels in blood and urine for Dog 392
Author: Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941
Place: [Toronto]
Date: June 6 - July 4 1921
Physical Description: 2 charts on 2 sheets ; 19 x 46 cm. or smaller
Scope and Content: Chart plots blood sugar (axis x) over time (axis y) for Dog 392. The chart indicates the dates for a two stage pancreatomy. On June 6, the pancreas from Dog 392 was removed, on June 30 the pedicle was removed. On July 5 the dog died.
Digital ID: insulin:M10007
Note(s): MS. COLL. 76 (Banting) Mapcase
Title based on contents of chart.
This chart, based on research at an early stage, shows the difficulty dogs had recovering from the two stage pancreatomy procedure initially used by Banting and Best. The dogs had to recover from both stages before injections of pancreatic extract could be tested.
Subject(s): Dogs as laboratory animals
Insulin - Early experiments
Dog 392
Related Item(s) (URI): https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin:N10014