The Almanac

January 23

One thing science and human progress accomplished on this date.

  1. 1922

    Insulin first saves a patient's life

    Fourteen-year-old Leonard Thompson, dying of type 1 diabetes in Toronto, received a purified insulin injection that rapidly restored his health. A once-fatal disease became something people could live with.

    Source: Wikipedia

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