ABCD Meeting to Commemorate the Centenary of the First Administration of Insulin into a Human
Event Date:
Tuesday, 11 January, 2022 to Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
On January 11th 1922 insulin was first used in the treatment of diabetes. The insulin was administered to a 14 year old, Leonard Thompson, who had diabetes and was dying at the Toronto General Hospital. In memory of this landmark moment in the history of diabetes, on January 11th and 12th 2022, exactly 100 years later, ABCD has planned a special event at the Royal College of Physicians in London to commemorate the occasion.
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Event taxonomy:
ABCD
Clinical taxonomy:
Treatments for diabetes, Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Type 2 diabetes mellitus