Biography of Frederick Banting

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson (www.goodreads.com 2014). Frederick Grant Banting was born on November 14, 1891 In Alliston, Ontario. He was the youngest of five children and his parents were William Thompson Banting and Margaret Grant. he went to the University of Toronto to study divinity, but later transferred to the study of medicine. In 1916 he took his M.B. degree and then joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He served during the First World War in France. In 1918 he was wounded in battle and in 1919 he was awarded the Military Cross for heroism under fire. Frederick Banting helped evolve Canada by saving the lives of many Canadians suffering from Diabetes as well as millions around the world, inventing the G-suit and his contribution in World War One as a medical officer.

Firstly, Frederick Banting created insulin which helped save the lives of millions of people around the world suffering from diabetes. Diabetes was one of the earliest documented diseases known to affect human and on October 31, 1920 Frederick Banting and his partner Charles Best got an idea to isolate insulin from the pancreas so that they could create a replica. At the time there no substantiated treatment for diabetes and the most successful therapy at the time was strict dieting that often resulted in starvation. In the beginning, his experiments were not successful. They first started experimenting with dogs, the first dog died almost immediately from an anaesthesia overdose. Seven of the ten dogs were dead by the end of the second week but despite the fact that they failed many times Fred...

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...ved and improved the lives of many with his Medical and scientific contributions to Canada and countries all around the world. Frederick Banting was one of the most celebrated medical heroes of the twentieth century. His discovery of insulin was one of the most important medical breakthroughs which saved lives of millions of people with diabetes all around the world. Additionally, his understanding of G-force and how to use the G-suit to prevent pilots from blacking out during flight helped save the lives of many pilots in World War II. His contribution in WWI as a medical officer showed his bravery and support to Canada in the war. In conclusion, Frederick Banting helped evolve Canada by saving the lives of many Canadians suffering from Diabetes as well as millions around the world, inventing the G-suit and his contribution in World War One as a medical officer.