Discover Ontario's history as told through its plaques
2004 - Now in our 11th Year - 2015
To see what's new on this site, you can visit the Home Page
Sir Frederick Banting 1891-1941
Photo by Colin Old - Posted September, 2014
Photo by Colin Old - Posted September, 2014
Photo by Colin Old - Posted September, 2014
Photo Source - Wikipedia
Plaque Location
The County of Simcoe
The Town of New Tecumseth
In Alliston, in front to the Frederick Banting Homestead
1 km north of Victoria Street East (Highway 89) on Sir Frederick Banting Road (Concession Road 3)
Coordinates: N 44 10.041 W 079 50.772 |
 |
Plaque Text
Soldier, surgeon, and scientist, Banting in 1920 became convinced of the existence of a hormone known as insulin. A laboratory provided by Prof. J.J.R. McLeod of the University of Toronto enabled Banting and Charles H. Best, in 1921, to prepare an active anti-diabetic extract of pancreas, purified by Prof. J.B. Collip. This substance was first used successfully on a patient on January 23, 1922, by Drs. W.R. Campbell and A.A. Fletcher. Banting received the Nobel Prize for medicine with MacLeod in 1923 and was knighted in 1934. Born in Alliston, he died in the crash of a military aircraft in Newfoundland, on February 21, 1941.
Related Ontario plaques
James Bertram Collip 1892-1965
Banting House
Related Toronto plaques
The Discovery of Insulin
Sir Frederick Banting 1891-1941
John James Rickard Macleod 1876-1935
More
Information
More
Medicine
Here are the visitors' comments for this page.
(none yet)
Here's where you can sent me a comment for this page.
Note: If your comment includes a question, it's best to include your email address in your comment so others can respond to you.
Note: Comments are moderated. Yours will appear on this page within 24 hours (usually much sooner).
Note: As soon as I have posted your comment, a reply to your email will be sent informing you.
To send me your comment, click .
Thanks
Alan L Brown
Webmaster
Note: If you wish to send me a personal email, click the Email link in the Menu.