Episode of Series “The Nature of things”.
Various researchers explain the nature of diabetes; it differs when it attacks children and adults.A mother and daughter comment on the effect the illness has on the latter and how through family and outside support she copes with it. An adult man discusses his illness and Dr. Best explains, with the help of old photographs, how he and Dr. Banting discovered insulin - which we see being manufactured.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002819
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Banting, Frederick
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Best, Charles
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diabetes
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Insulin
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)