The method of estimating the potency of insulin solutions is based on the effect that insulin produces upon the blood sugar of normal animals. — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
If a patient became sugar-free and blood sugar normal on a basal requirement diet, the caloric intake was gradually increased until sugar appeared in the urine. The tolerance was thus ascertained. — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt. — Frederick Banting Copy Share
I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called 'The Landing.' It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
When I go in, I find that it is not a lab but an office. There are a pile of letters to answer, phone… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
Mr. Best has expressed the desire to work with me, and I should be more than pleased to have him. His work has been… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
I had been taught that if I cried, to be quiet about it, so whereas I never howled, the least thing made me cry… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with tears until… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
It was an extremely trying time for me. Best was still intimate with MacLeod and the others about the laboratory. I was out of… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night. Time, meals, sleep - all were of secondary consideration.… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
On February 19th, Dr. Collip found that he was unable to refine the extract by his method and was unable to keep up his… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
During the first couple of years at school... I used to take my lunch and go down by the old fair grounds & sit… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
I lived in constant terror of being asked a question in class. Even if I knew the answer, I was never able to tell… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the introduction of… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
It was because of Henderson that I stayed... It was he and he alone who kept me in Toronto and in Canada. Were it… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
Intravenous injections of extract from dog's pancreas, removed from seven to ten weeks after ligation of the ducts, invariably exercises a reducing influence upon… — Frederick Banting Copy Share
