Child With Diabetes

Although diabetes was clearly recognized as early as the 2nd century AD, it was not effectively brought under control until the discovery of insulin by Banting and Best in 1922. This photograph shows a child of three--weighing only 7kg (15lb)-- afflicted with the disease in 1922

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Abnormal Diabetes Diabetic Pathology Sickness Untreated

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