A biography for Frederick Bantinghasn’t been written yet.
“I lived in constant terror of being asked a question in class. Even if I knew the answer, I was never able to tell it before the class.”
“It was because of Henderson that I stayed... It was he and he alone who kept me in Toronto and in Canada. Were it not for Henderson, I believe insulin would have been a product of the United States.”
“Diabetes mellitus is due to a deficiency of the internal secretion of the pancreas. The main principle of treatment is, therefore, to correct this deficiency.”
“In the U.S., the incidence of diabetes has increased proportionately with the per capita consumption of sugar.”
“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.”