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Insulin: When a Canadian discovery resurrected thousands from the dead Few recoveries from impending death more dramatic than this have ever been witnessed by a physician, wrote one of the earliest witnesses to the effects of insulin Author of the article: Tristin Hopper Publishing date: May 03, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 6 minute read • The 1630 painting The Vision of Ezekiel, which depicts the Biblical account of a valley of bones being resurrected into living beings. Physicians in the 1920s would reference Ezekiel in describing the effects of insulin. Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. ....
Article content By the early 1920s, James Havens, a Kodak executive living in upstate New York, had known his son mostly as an invalid. After a diagnosis of juvenile diabetes at age 15, Jim Jr. had entered adulthood as an emaciated skeleton hovering in and out of coma. After years of desperately seeking out cures, Havens began hearing rumours of a team of Canadian doctors who were pioneering a “miracle” treatment for diabetes. Pulling on his Canadian contacts in the photography industry, Havens was able to secure several vials of the new treatment the first ever shipped to the United States just as his increasingly delirious son began to take a turn for the worst. In rare moments of clarity, the young Havens would reportedly wake up just enough to beg his doctors for death. ....