Insulin: The Banting Memorial Lecture 1952

The personality of Frederick Grant Banting made such a lasting impression upon those of us who knew him well that it is difficult to realize that it is more than eleven years since he left us. These memories, obtained from many points of vantage, will all be clear and in the forefront of our minds. Some of you knew him when he was fulfilling the promise of his earlier years. A few of us knew him before he became Canada's most famous scientific son. I have my own vivid memories, particularly of our work together in the spring, summer and autumn of 1921. There are two very high peaks which feature the brilliant record of Banting's achievements. The first was in that intensive period preceding the discovery of insulin, when all considerations were laid aside except those which advanced the research. The second came just before and in the early phases of the Second Great War when he gave inspired leadership in the effort to

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