Elliott Proctor Joslin was born June 6, 1869 in Massachusetts, US. There was very little information on diabetes at this time.During this time range the disease was considered fatal and obscure. There was very little treatment options for diabetes as it all came along, the creation of insulin was still many years away from becoming a medication. Patients that had gotten diabetes were only expected to live a year from being diagnosed. This and personal experiences is what caught Elliotts attention to become in this medical field. Elliott got his education from Yale University along with Harvard Medical School. While he was working to get the education his aunt Helen ended up getting diabetes type one specifically. This made his passion to research …show more content…
the disease even more important, while he was researching the disease he got assigned to work with a type one diabetic in his third year of his medical schooling. His patients that he was using for research encouraged him to write down the outcomes of them and so he did, he started writing down a list in an account book complete with all the facts, progress, and outcomes.
This was the very beginning of the first diabetes registry in the world. He is the reason that the field of diabetes epidemiology was started, this being that he compared his data that was found with the public statistics. All of Elliotts data was written down and put in little books called ledgers they called these books black books. When it came to the terms of compiling diabetes statistics he was the farthest being ahead of everyone. He was so far ahead that the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company made it where they could use the statistics for their actuarial tables.Even in the world today this is the largest collection of clinical data on diabetes in the world. He won the Boylston Society prize for his work which was then later published as The Pathology of Diabetes Mellitus. Dr.Joslin saw his first patient 1898 at his parents townhouse on 517 Beacon St.Boston until 1905 where he then moved the practice to 81 Bay State Road,Boston there in his townhouse and the building next door to him became the practice for the next 50 years. Then in 1956 the practice was moved to where it still stays today at One Joslin Place. His Clinic was the world’s first diabetes care
facility. The same year that he began his own practice his aunt Helen unfortunately died due to complications of her diabetes,while his mother just one year later got diagnosed with type two diabetes. Through a combination of things including exercise, meal planning, food management and her son she managed to live another ten years after being diagnosed. This was very rare in that time and it shaped Joslins research into diabetes. In 1908 Joslin decided to do an extensive series of metabolic balance studies with a Doctor named Francis G. Benedict, Joslin put together 1,000 of the cases he did to make the very first diabetes textbook, this was called The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, in this book he outlined how he deducted the death rate of his patients by 20 percent. This was where the very beginning of Elliot Proctor Joslin’s theory which was that watching and caring with tight control of one’s blood glucose through diet, exercise and constant testing could extend the life and prevent complications.
During the year 1889, two researchers, Joseph Von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, had discovered the disease that is known today as diabetes. Diabetes is a disease in which the insulin levels (a hormone produced in unique cells called the islets of Langerhans found in the pancreas) in the bloodstream are irregular and therefore affect the way the body uses sugars, as well as other nutrients. Up until the 1920’s, it was known that being diagnosed with diabetes was a death sentence which usually affected “children and adults under 30.” Those who were diagnosed were usually very hungry and thirsty, which are two of the symptoms associated with diabetes. However, no matter how much they ate, their bodies wouldn’t be able to use the nutrients due to the lack of insulin. This would lead to a very slow and painful death. In 1922, four Canadian researchers by the names of Frederick G. Banting, Charles H. Best, John J.R. MacLeod, and James B. Collip had discovered a way to separate insulin in the pancreas of dogs and prepare it in such a way so that it can be used to treat diabetic patients. In the year 2008, there were 1,656,470 people who suffered from diabetes in Canada, and by 2010, it is predicted that this disease will take over the lives of 285 million people . Although there is no cure for diabetes, the treatment of prepared insulin is prolonging the lives of diabetics and allowing them to live freely. The discovery of insulin was important and significant in Canada’s history because Banting was a Canadian medical scientist who had a purpose in finding a treatment for diabetes, its discovery has saved lives and improved the quality of life of those suffering from this disease, and it showed the world Canada’s medical technology was ...
Brian grew up on a family farm in Scott City, Kansas. He was always out on the field after schools and on the weekends. Not only did Brian attend Kansas State University, but he also had intentions of pursuing a medical degree. After high school,
Insulin is by far the most influential discovery in Canadian and world history. In Canada in 2008/2009 there were 2.4 million people living with diabetes and there are many more today. With out the discovery of insulin many people would not be able to live full lives. However, the discovery of insulin was not just an accomplishment Fredrick Banting and his colleagues had developed in the 1920s, it was a product of timing and luck on Banting’s part and the idea that he took from others was the product that changed the century.
Brazelton attended many schools throughout his life. He attended a prep school in Alexandria, Virginia (Episcopal High School), after that he attended New Jersey’s Princeton University, following the pre-medical curriculum. While he was in Princeton he enjoyed acting a in a few number of college theatre productions. Brazelton was then considering of accepting a role on Broadway. However his parents did not like the idea of him accepting the role in Broadway. His parents said if he’d wish for them to pay for medical school in the future he would have to focus on his pre-medical studies. With an offer like that from Brazelton took his parents advice, leaving behind Broadway and concentrate in pre-medical school. Brazelton received his A.B. from Princeton in 1940, then he continued to earn his M.D. from the College of Physicians and surgeons at New York City’s Columbia University. After, that he did his internship through Columbia University, at Roosevelt Hospital. Then he served the United States Naval Reserve for a year. By 1945, Brazelton began a medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. His training as a pediatrician began in...
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He finished his doctorate, started concentrating on identity. It is said that he was the first teacher to instruct a school level course on identity hypothesis, a course that today is required by about all undergrad brain science majors.
The American Diabetes Association was founded by 30 physicians in 1940. For many years, the association consisted of only physicians working together to research diabetes and find ways to cure it. 30 years after the association was created, the founders came together and reorganized the association to where any person could become a member to help create expansion, help research and to provide more quality of life to the victims. Today, the American Diabetes Association is labeled as one of the top non-profit charity organizations in America with around 100 total organizations to help fight diabetes. The main location is in Alexandria, Virginia and it has around 90 different offices branched throughout the United States to provide support to anyone in any part of the United States.
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In early March 2014, John Brady and Mary Lyn Schuh met with Lisa to discuss the importance of funding to several JDRF programs. The discussion focused on importance of glucose control in pregnancy, AP and encapsulation, and diabetes prevention. Lisa seemed the most interested in JDRF’s diabetes prevention efforts. In 1999, following the death of Lisa’s uncle, the...
Diabetes is an autoimmune disease that has affected more than 140 million people in the world. This disease, results from the attack of the killer T-cells of the immune system upon the ?-cells in the pancreas that produces insulin. (Lin et al., 2001). Until recently, this disease could only be treated with daily insulin injections and adherence to a strict, low glucose diet. With more than ninety percent of diabetics at risk for future complications like heart disease, blindness, and renal failure, diabetes has developed into more than just a medical issue. Diabetes is also becoming largely an emotional and economic issue. Victims of this disease have no choice but to adjust their lives around the only object that could change their lives?a daily injection that may cost 50% of the annual income in developing countries and up to 600% in non-developed countries. New technology th...
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The author’s main point in this article is to give the reader information on what an insulin pump is, how it is used, and what it is used for. The author further explains the different types of insulin pumps there are. The article ends by stating the advantages and disadvantages that come with using these tools. I feel as if I can inform readers on the different ways to obtain insulin. I would like others to understand that maintaining a healthy diet is not the only way a diabetic can obtain insulin. I feel as if everyone should have a broad understanding of this topic.
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