Notes dated Dec. 11 from laboratory notebook 3A 16/09/ - 22/12/1921 | The Discovery and Early Development of Insulin

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Title: Notes dated Dec. 11 from laboratory notebook 3A 16/09/ - 22/12/1921
Author: Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941
Place: [Toronto]
Date: Dec. 11 [1921]
Physical Description: 2 leaves ; 21 x 13 cm.
Scope and Content: Item is 2 pages of notes made in pencil with additions made in ink, in Banting's and Best's hands. Records observations made for Dog 35 and the first experiment using extract made from fresh pancreas. On the second page a parenthetical entry records the photographing of Dog 33 (Marjorie).
Digital ID: insulin:N10013
Note(s): MS. COLL. 76 (Banting), Box 6A, Folder 11
Title based on content of item.
Depancreatized dog 35 was injected with extract made from its own pancreas. Dog's blood sugar dropped from .38 to .18 in four hours. This procedure was a major advance in the research since supplies of fresh whole pancreas were more easily obtainable.
Subject(s): Insulin - Early experiments
Dogs as laboratory animals
Dog 35
Related Item(s) (URI): https://insulin.library.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/insulin:N10010