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On this date in Canadian history…
In 1922, insulin was used to treat diabetes for the first time.
Fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson received the injection at the Toronto General Hospital.
Frederick Banting, along with Charles Best, J.J.R. McLeod and Hames Collip had discovered a way to extract insulin from the pancreas of dogs, pigs and cattle.
From there, they moved to use it to treat diabetes.
For their work, McLeod and Banting received the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1923.
Banting shared his honours with Best.
At the age of 32 Banting was the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Prize for medicine.
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