Abstract

This text makes a brief historical tour of the knowledge of diabetes mellitus, showing the sequence of ancient discoveries and the effort of several generations of physicians and researchers to better understand a pathology than remains a challenge for contemporary medicine. It also highlights the extraordinary episode of the discovery of insulin by Banting and best, in which some serendipitous facts were exploited by the observant and brilliant mind of Frederich Banting.

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