reducing their blood glucose and causing death in some due to hypoglycemia, but the results were not published until 1921 [34, and the chapter by Jörgens; this vol. pp. 58–72].
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Prof. Massimo Porta, MD, PhD
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin
Corso AM Dogliotti 14
IT–10126 Turin (Italy)
Jörgens V, Porta M (eds): Unveiling Diabetes - Historical Milestones in Diabetology. Front Diabetes. Basel, Karger, 2020, vol 29, pp 14–24 (DOI: 10.1159/000506553)
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