Notes dated Nov. 16 - 18 from laboratory notebook 3A 16/09/ - 22/12/1921 | The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin

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Title: Notes dated Nov. 16 - 18 from laboratory notebook 3A 16/09/ - 22/12/1921
Author: Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941
Place: [Toronto]
Date: Nov. 16 - 18 [1921]
Physical Description: 2 leaves ; 21 x 13 cm.
Scope and Content: Item is 2 pages of notes made in pencil, in Banting's hand. Records observations made for Dog 27 and the first experiment using extract made from foetal calf pancreas.
Digital ID: insulin:N10011
Note(s): MS. COLL. 76 (Banting), Box 6A, Folder 11
Title based on contents of item.
The discovery that an effective extract could be made from foetal calf pancreas, readily obtainable from local slaughterhouses, was an important step forward since it meant researchers no longer had to carry out pancreatectomies to obtain the extract.
Subject(s): Insulin - Early experiments
Dogs as laboratory animals
Related Item(s) (URI): https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin:N10010