On this day in 1922, fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson became the first person to be injected with insulin. This is definitely a day worth celebrating!
From The Toronto Daily Star in 1922: "But the fact remains that one of the most important discoveries in modern medical research has been made at the university [University of Toronto] here. It is not a cure for diabetes, its authors state. Within six months, however, their discovery will be used on a large scale, they hope, to prolong life quite considerably at least."
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