IN 1922 14 YR OLD LEONARD THOMPSON FIRST TO RECEIVE INJECTIONS OF PURIFIED INSULIN AT THE TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL & SURVIVED

The insulin miracle.
On this day in 1922, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson lay dying of diabetes at the Toronto General Hospital. He was given the first-ever injection of purified insulin. As a result, he survived.
In 1922, children dying from diabetes stayed in a large group ward at the Toronto General Hospital, most of them comatose. Grieving family members would stay at their bedsides, heartbreakingly awaiting their child's death.
Imagine the moment when Canadian scientists Banting, Best, and Collip went from bed to bed, injecting the entire ward of children with purified insulin. Before they had reached the last dying child, many were already awakening from their comas, to the joyous cries of their families.
Thanks to Frederick Banting, Charles Best, John Macleod and James Collip at the University of Toronto for saving millions of lives!