Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin
Morning Fred Think I've been worlking too long All I can see up there are giant balls of cotton 6
All I see are animals A grazing cow A cat Look there's a horse A sheep WOOF 7
Hello pup You'll never Humph get rid of that mangy beggar now That mutt looks as shabby as I feel Don't encourage it You hungry It's hard going in there Wish I could spend the rest of the day outside with you 8
BUT FRED HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK THERE WERE DOZENS OF YOUNG PATIENTS WHO NEEDED HIS CARE HE WANTED TO HELP THEM ALL BUT HIS JOB AT THE HOSPITAL WAS TEMPORARY AND NEW PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED EVERY DAY SOME OF THE WORST OFF SUFFERED FROM A FATAL DISEASE CALLED JUVENILE DIABETES ALSO DISCOVERED THAT IN 1920 DOCTORS KNEW THAT DIABETES PREVENTED A BODY FROM BREAKING DOWN SUGAR THEY'D THE DISEASE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A PART OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CALLED THE PANCREAS BUT THEY DIDN'T YET UNDERSTAND HOW ONE THING THEY DID KNOW WAS THAT DIABETES WAS A DEATH SENTENCE AND ONCE DIAGNOSED THE ILLNESS MOVED QUICKLY SOMETIMES CALLED THE WASTING AWAY DISEASE DIABETES HAD ONLY ONE TREATMENT STARVATION THERE HAD TO BE A BETTER WAY TO HELP KIDS WITH DIABETES BUT NO DOCTOR HAD BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE ANSWER 9
