MEDICAL PHILATELY-32 Diabetes Mellitus: Tasting to Testing and Treatment - Part 2

Abstract

The discovery of insulin stands as a remarkable milestone, not only in medicine but also in the history of humanity. For children with type 1 diabetes, who are unable to produce insulin, survival was once limited to mere weeks or months. For them, insulin is far more than just a medication it is a lifeline.  Anniversaries of the discovery of insulin are celebrated on postage stamps around the world. To commemorate the 50th year, a stamp issued by Canada in 1971 depicts the laboratory materials used by Banting and Best.