Guest guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 AT the risk of sounding morbid, what was the fate of folks who developed diabetes before the developement of Insulin? Early demise, I am sure......I bet it was not so prevalent in those days , but still .......Dr Tom> For those on the list who depend on insulin; this is> a> special day. Just thought I'd share it!> > > > 1922: Discovery and Isolation of Insulin was> > Announced> > > > Canadian surgeon Frederick Banting and his> assistant> > > > Best announced the discovery and isolation of> > insulin, the> > hormone responsible for controlling blood sugar> > levels.> > Insulin shots are now used to treat diabetes.> > > > Banting and Best received the Nobel Prize for> their> > work:> >>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm22in.html> > > > > __________________________________________________> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 In Article <004401c094ef$df07d160$0c8b28d8@trichert> " Dr Tom " writes: > AT the risk of sounding morbid, what was the fate of folks who developed d > iabetes before the developement of Insulin? Early demise, I am sure......I > bet it was not so prevalent in those days , but still .......Dr Tom Since it was known as the disease that caused children to waste away... (diabteic children were usually known to eat and eat and never use the food) it was called consumption. I don't think that there was as much type II diabetes though due to the fact that people ate a better diet and due to conditions had to work harder therefore they had lots of exercise ... the type II boom is blamed on obesity and a poor modern diet of convienience foods. --- WebBBS v1.22 : OurHearth Internet Services ( http://ourhearth.net/ ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 Thanks , for history update.....Dr Tom> AT the risk of sounding morbid, what was the fate of folks who developed d> iabetes before the developement of Insulin? Early demise, I am sure......I> bet it was not so prevalent in those days , but still .......Dr TomSince it was known as the disease that caused children to waste away...(diabteic children were usually known to eat and eat and never use thefood) it was called consumption. I don't think that there was as much typeII diabetes though due to the fact that people ate a better diet and due toconditions had to work harder therefore they had lots of exercise ... thetype II boom is blamed on obesity and a poor modern diet of convieniencefoods.---WebBBS v1.22 : OurHearth Internet Services ( http://ourhearth.net/ ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 Actually since the advent of agriculture, diabetes (type II) has become more and more prevalent. I'm sure people who developed it before insulin and/or other medications AND before the advent of the ability to check bg's (thats an important factor too!) had a rough life. Meenie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 Actually Type II diabetes became an issue with the advent of an agricultural society. Along with lower bone density, more tooth decay, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Meenie In Article <004401c094ef$df07d160$0c8b28d8@trichert>"Dr Tom" writes:> AT the risk of sounding morbid, what was the fate of folks who developed d> iabetes before the developement of Insulin? Early demise, I am sure......I> bet it was not so prevalent in those days , but still .......Dr TomSince it was known as the disease that caused children to waste away...(diabteic children were usually known to eat and eat and never use thefood) it was called consumption. I don't think that there was as much typeII diabetes though due to the fact that people ate a better diet and due toconditions had to work harder therefore they had lots of exercise ... thetype II boom is blamed on obesity and a poor modern diet of convieniencefoods.--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 In the days before Insulin diabetes was a slow but sure death sentence that typically struck children and adults under 30. Hospital diabetic wards were full of living skeletons. http://www.discoveryofinsulin.com/Home.htm follow this link for some excellent info on the four men involved in Insulin discovery: Banting, Best, Collip, Macleod, as well as lots of more on insulin discovery Anne From OZ Re: birthday of insulin Thanks , for history update.....Dr Tom> AT the risk of sounding morbid, what was the fate of folks who developed d> iabetes before the developement of Insulin? Early demise, I am sure......I> bet it was not so prevalent in those days , but still .......Dr TomSince it was known as the disease that caused children to waste away...(diabteic children were usually known to eat and eat and never use thefood) it was called consumption. I don't think that there was as much typeII diabetes though due to the fact that people ate a better diet and due toconditions had to work harder therefore they had lots of exercise ... thetype II boom is blamed on obesity and a poor modern diet of convieniencefoods.---WebBBS v1.22 : OurHearth Internet Services ( http://ourhearth.net/ ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 At 02:04 AM 2/13/01, " Dr. " Tom wrote: >Since it was known as the disease that caused children to waste away... >(diabteic children were usually known to eat and eat and never use the >food) it was called consumption. I thought that was the name given to TB. Diabetes, too now? Sounds confusing. /Celine Kossart kozys@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 Consumption was Tuberculosis, I've never heard it applied to diabetes before... however, back when they didn't really know what was causing the problem they may indeed have lumped the two together - in both you wasted away. I haven't done any detailed searches on this Meenie At 02:04 AM 2/13/01, "Dr." Tom wrote:>Since it was known as the disease that caused children to waste away...>(diabteic children were usually known to eat and eat and never use the>food) it was called consumption.I thought that was the name given to TB. Diabetes, too now? Sounds confusing./Celine Kossartkozys@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 Meenie, Consumption was more than just Tuberculosis... it included cancer, and any other disease where the body wasted away. They simply did not know how to classify it. -----Original Message-----From: Meenie Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:32 PMTo: diabetes Subject: Re: Birthday of Insulin Consumption was Tuberculosis, I've never heard it applied to diabetes before... however, back when they didn't really know what was causing the problem they may indeed have lumped the two together - in both you wasted away. I haven't done any detailed searches on this Meenie At 02:04 AM 2/13/01, "Dr." Tom wrote:>Since it was known as the disease that caused children to waste away...>(diabteic children were usually known to eat and eat and never use the>food) it was called consumption.I thought that was the name given to TB. Diabetes, too now? Sounds confusing./Celine Kossartkozys@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2001 Report Share Posted February 14, 2001 Meenie, Consumption was more than just Tuberculosis... it included cancer, and any other disease where the body wasted away. They simply did not know how to classify it. Hi , That was what I was concluding. I've always heard TB referred to as Consumption, but it seems only logical that anything that caused wasting would be referred to that way with no other name to put to it. Meenie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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