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First treatment
Royal Artillery treated a patient by dietary restriction in. -
19th Century
Claude Bernard found the liver stored glycogen and secreted a sugary substance into the blood. He thought this was the cause of diabetes. He also found that pricking the brain stem of a live anamal can cause diabetes. -
Extracting Insulin
Von Mering found that removign the pancreas cause diabetes. He and his partner attempted to estract an anti-dibetic substance from the pancreas. -
1900
Diabetes is diagnosed with a urine test, shows high grape-sugar. The treatment is to take a daily alkaline-sponge bath applied with vigorous friction. You also take sugar of lead to reduce urination. You are not allowed to have any sugar, just fresh meats and drink as little as possible. Eventually you will go into a coma and die. -
Using Insulin
Fredrick Banting discovered insulin by injecting fluids from the pancreas into a dog with diabetes that dies after the stopped injecting it. -
First human patient
14 year old boy became the first patient to be injected with insulin. This failed. They injected him with pure insulin later in the month. His glucose levels droped. -
Producing insulin
Eli Lilly was able to find a way to produce insulin. -
Producing insulin
The first commercially produced insulin was shipped out. -
Zinc Insulin
Protamine zinc insulin was introduced because there was a need for longer acting insulin. -
1950
It is diagnosed by clouds around your retnal areteries, a weaker pulse in the arteries of the foot, and a high level of glucose in the blood. To treat you need to go on a strict diet of 80 frams of protien, 80 grams of fat, and 80 grams, and 160 grams of carbo hydrates. You need to test your urine and inject insulin. Dabetes ounder control. -
Lente Insulin
Lente insulins were used which was longer lasting than regular insulin. -
Measuing insulin
Because of the technique of immunoassay by Solomon Berson, small concentrations of insulin can be consistently measured. -
1998
Diagnosed with a blood and urine test shows high level of lucose and ketones. Treat with injecting insulin into your veins and monitor glucose, potasium, and electrolytes. Also you need to restric your diet, and go to eye check ups. Other than these things you can live a perfectly normal life.
