In 1982, Canadian historian, Professor Michael Bliss, published 'The Discovery of Insulin', a detailed account of the events leading up to the preparation in Toronto of the world's first insulin to be used successfully to treat human diabetes. It took almost 50 more years for the record to be put straight. He returned to Aberdeen on appointment as Professor of Physiology at Marischal College in 1928 and died in post in 1935 at the age of only 58. Unfair and unfounded criticism of Macleod's contributions – by his research associate and fellow Nobel laureate, Frederick Banting, and his allies – soured what should have been a glorious success, and greatly diminished Macleod's reputation. As a consequence, he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1923 for his work on insulin. It tells the story of how JJR Macleod became an internationally famous academic physiologist who went on to lead the team in Toronto to a life-saving triumph. This website has been prepared in anticipation the centenary, in January 2022, of one of the world's most important medical advances – the discovery of insulin. Yet his remarkable achievements are still too little known. John James Rickard Macleod grew up and was educated in Aberdeen and should undoubtedly be hailed as one of the North-east's most eminent medical scientists.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |