Tag: Brenden E. Hursh
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Part I: The impact of insulin on children with diabetes at Toronto Sick Kids in the 1920s
Sarah Riedlinger Dean Giustini Brenden Hursh Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Introduction The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 1929. Photo credit: Toronto Public Library, Accession # tspa_0113248f Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world.1 In 2009 Canada alone had 2.35 million people with diabetes.2 Some 10% of sufferers…
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Part II: The impact of insulin on children with diabetes at Toronto Sick Kids in the 1920s
Sarah Riedlinger Dean Giustini Brenden Hursh Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Progress in diabetes care between 1922 and 1929 Figure 2. Mortality of Diabetic Coma in the Hospital for Sick Children.7 In 1923 Banting joined the staff of the Hospital for Sick Children and was placed in charge of diabetes care. He and physician Gladys…