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14 de sept. de 2010 · Focusing on Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, daughter of Charles Evans Hughes, a noted lawyer, jurist, and politician of his day, Breakthrough uses Elizabeth's story to put a human face to all of the victims of the disease, as much as it traces the discovery's path through the lives and work of the scientists involved.
Elizabeth Hughes Gossett (1907 – 1981), the youngest daughter of U.S. politician Charles Evans Hughes, was the first American, and one of the first people in the world, to be treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes.
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.
Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett (August 19, 1907 – April 21, 1981), the daughter of US 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. Elizabeth Hughes Gosett. Gossett c. 1930.
14 de sept. de 2010 · It is 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a death sentence. The only accepted form of treatment – starvation – whittles her down to forty-five pounds skin and bones.
Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett (née le 19 août 1907 et morte le 21 avril 1981) est la première Américaine et l'une des premières personnes au monde à être traitée à l'insuline pour le diabète de type 1 [2]. Elle fonde la Supreme Court Historical Society en 1972.
9 de abr. de 2011 · But this young girl, Elizabeth Evans Hughes, the daughter of a politically powerful American family, was given the latest treatment available. No, it was not insulin—its discovery was still 3 years in the future. This innovation was a rigid diet known as “starvation therapy”. It had been recently developed by the physician Frederick M ...