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Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett (August 19, 1907 – April 21, 1981), the daughter of statesman Charles Evans Hughes, was the first American, and one of the first people in the world, treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes. She received over 42,000 insulin shots over her lifetime.
30 de nov. de 2023 · La madre de Elizabeth se puso en contacto con Banting, que la aceptó como paciente privada. Elizabeth iba a recibir el líquido que le concedería casi sesenta años más de vida. Acompañada de su madre, la muchacha llegó a Toronto el 15 de agosto de 1922 y comenzó a recibir inyecciones de insulina.
Elizabeth Gossett died of pneumonia on April 21, 1981 at the age of seventy-three. She had lived for fifty-eight years on insulin. Her life had been full and active and she believed that few of her friends or associates knew of her diabetic condition.
- 1907-1995
- Hughes (Elizabeth) Papers
- Ms. Coll. 334
16 de ago. de 2011 · Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the discovery of insulin, and the making of a medical miracle. by. Cooper, Thea; Ainsberg, Arthur. Publication date. 2010. Topics. Gossett, Elizabeth Hughes, 1908-1981, Insulin, Diabetes. Publisher. New York : St. Martin's Press.
Elizabeth Hughes Gossett was born on August 19, 1907 in the Executive Mansion in Albany, New York while her father, Charles Evans Hughes, was serving as the state's Governor. In 1919, at age 11, Elizabeth developed juvenile diabetes, and, by the age of 14, her health had deteriorated significantly.
25 de oct. de 2011 · In a race against time and a ravaging disease, Elizabeth becomes one of the first diabetics to receive insulin injections – all while its discoverers and a little known pharmaceutical company struggle to make it available to the rest of the world.
14 de sept. de 2010 · Elizabeth Hughes was the eleven year-old daughter of a prominent and popular American politician when she was diagnosed as a diabetic. There was no cure and few survived more than a year. The only treatment was a carefully monitored starvation developed by Dr. Frederick Allen.
