Tag: Dean Guistini
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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…