Sir Frederick Banting, with John James Richard Macleod, won the Nobel Prize in 1923 in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the hormone insulin. Banting began to test his theory in May 1921. Dr. C.H. Best became Banting's assistant because he had experience in biochemistry and physiology …
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Trivia EH? John McCrae
McCrae was born in 1872 Veterans Day in the USA is a day that recognizes the importance of soldiers (living & dead) to America's quality of life & liberty. Memorial Day in the USA was initiallly a day to honour the soldiers killed in the Civil War by visiting their gravesites and decorating …
Trivia EH? Joseph Brant
Brant's birth name was Theyendanega which means "He Places Two Bets." Brant was born somewhere along the Ohio River while his parents were on a hunting excursion. Brant married the daughter of an Oneida Chief and they had 2 sons. His first wife died of tuberculosis 3 years marrying …