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Explore significant dates and events in the life and career of Sir Frederick Banting – artist, scientist, and war hero – a Canadian for all times.

1891

 Frederick Banting is born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada.

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1914

 Banting begins his studies at the University of Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Medicine

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1918

Banting serves as a medical officer in the Canadian Army during World War I

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1920

 Banting begins his research on diabetes at the University of Toronto.

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1921

Banting and his research assistant Charles Best successfully isolate insulin from the pancreas of dogs

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1922

Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes, was near death when he was treated with insulin in 1922. The insulin treatment was successful, and Leonard’s life was saved. He became the first person to be treated with insulin, and his case helped to establish insulin as a safe and effective treatment for diabetes. Elizabeth Hughes was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 11 in 1919 and treated with insulin by Dr. Frederick Allen in 1922. Insulin was a new and experimental treatment at the time, and Dr. Allen was one of the first doctors in the United States to use it to treat diabetes. Theodore Ryder was a 14-year-old boy who was one of the first patients to be treated with insulin. He was suffering from diabetes, and his condition was severe

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1922

Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin leads to the first successful treatment of diabetes in humans

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1923

Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin leads to the first successful treatment of diabetes in humans

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1924

Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin leads to the first successful treatment of diabetes in humans

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1924

Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin leads to the first successful treatment of diabetes in humans

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1925

Banting and Best’s discovery of insulin leads to the first successful treatment of diabetes in humans

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1930

Banting served as head of both the Canadian Associate Committee on Aviation Medicine Research and the Canadian Associate Committee on Medical Research

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1941

Banting dies in a plane crash in Newfoundland, Canada, while serving as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II

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Sir Frederick Banting – artist, scientist, and war hero – a Canadian for all times.

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