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C. H. Best: a report of the discovery and development of the knowledge of the properties of insulin
The internal secretion of the pancreas - holograph draft
Belleville scientist makes big discovery wins honor, renown
Dr. J. B. Collip tells story of discovery of diabetes cure
The history of the discovery of insulin
Some recent advances in endocrinology
To prepare insulin. Collip process Dec. 22/21 [ie 1922]
The contribution made by J. B. Collip to the development of insulin while he was in Toronto 1921-22 [copy]
Quantitative parallelism of effect of insulin in man, dog and rabbit
The internal secretion of the pancreas.
Use of yeast extracts in diabetes
Chart of insulin assays [1923]
Experiments on the mechanism of action of insulin
Effect of insulin (pancreatic extract) on the sugar consumption of the isolated surviving rabbit heart
Possible sources of insulin
An insulin-like material in various tissues of the normal and diabetic animal
Reminiscences of the researches which led to the discovery of insulin
The effect of pancreatic extract (insulin) on normal rabbits
Behaviour of depancreatized dogs kept alive with insulin
The source of insulin: a study of the effect produced on blood sugar by extracts of the pancreas and principal islets of fishes
Chart showing  sugar levels in blood and urine for Dog 33
Chart showing  sugar levels in blood and urine  for dogs 92 and 409
Chart showing  sugar levels in blood and urine  for dog 410
Chart showing  sugar levels in blood and urine  for dog 408
Chart showing  sugar levels in blood and urine for dog 406

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