
Meet Frederick Banting (Scholastic Canada Biography)
- ISBN 9781039707856, Hardback
- 32 Pages | Ages 6 - 10
Meet Frederick Banting — doctor, scientist and Nobel Prize-winner!
Dr. Frederick Banting’s remarkable discovery of insulin has changed and saved the lives of millions around the world! When Frederick Banting was young, his friend Jennie became sick. She had diabetes and soon passed away. Fred grew up determined to do something about this terrible disease. He became a surgeon, helping soldiers in World War I. After the war, he practiced family medicine and taught at a nearby university. But Fred still wanted to help people with diabetes.
One night he was struck by a big idea — a whole new way to treat the disease. Fred convinced a professor at the University of Toronto to give him a lab and an assistant: Charles Best. They worked long hours and finally developed insulin. To this day, insulin is still the only treatment for Type 1 diabetes. It has saved the lives of millions of people around the world.
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Selling Points
- Frederick Banting is famous around the world for the 1921 discovery of insulin. It remains the only treatment for diabetes.
- Award-winning series and format: simple but compelling text, brought to life by relatable illustrations and speech bubbles.
- Back matter includes timeline and historic photos.
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