Frederick Banting Impact On Society

The interwar years was a time of revolution. Many things were changing during this time period. The way of living, entertainment and technology was taking a big bend. One of the big discoveries or the era was insulin the person who discovered it had faced many challenges during the process. This discovery also had a big impact on society.

Insulin was discovered by a Canadian man named Frederick Banting. Banting was born on 14th November 1891, in the town Allison, Ontario. He was the youngest of five children. He studied Divinity in University but soon dropped out to study medicine (“Frederick G. Banting- Biographical”). He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in medicine (“Frederick G. Banting- Biographical”).

After graduating from university, he joined the Canadian Army Corps and fought in the First World War. He was awarded the Military Cross when the war ended for his bravery and determination under fire(“Sir Frederick Banting”). After the war ended, he became a medical practitioner for a short time. He studied orthopaedic medicine very closely. During the year 1919-1920, he was also a Resident Surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (“Frederick G. Banting- Biographical”).
At the time, diabetes was a disorder that can kill you as there was no cure for it. His interest grew when he found out that diabetes was a blood disorder, when he read in an article that diabetes happened when the sugar level in the bloodstream rose a great amount (“Frederick Banting Biography”). Banting then had an idea, an idea that changed the world. He knew from lectures that there was a substance in the pancreas that can control the sugar in the bloodstream, now known to us as insulin so he thought if he could give this substance to patients, he will be able to treat diabetes (“Sir Frederick