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#OTD in 1922.

At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year old Leonard Thompson became the first human to receive an injection of insulin as a treatment for diabetes, administered by Dr. James Collip. Thompson developed an allergic reaction to the injection. Additional work was done to refine the treatment and a second dose given on January 23.

More about insulin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin

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J. B. Collip in his office at McGill University. Collip is seated and photographed from approximately chest level up. He wears round wire-rimmed glasses and has neatly combed dark hair parted to the side, styled in the fashion typical of the era. He is dressed formally in a white laboratory coat over a shirt and tie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1922#/media/File:J._B._Collip_in_his_office_at_McGill_University_ca._1930.png