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Frederick Banting was a medical scientist in Canada. He was also a painter and physician. Frederick Banting had also discovered insulin. He was the first person to insulin on humans. He had also received Nobel Prizes in 1923 in the field of medicine.

Charles Best was the person with which Fredrick Banting shared the honor and award money. Frederick Banting discovered a lot of things in the field of medicine. He inspired others with his idea. If you have any idea in mind, you can change this idea to reality. Frederick showed people to believe in themself.

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Never think that your idea is small. To motivate you in life, we have famous Frederick Banting quotes. These quotes will motivate you to make your idea into reality. Frederick has the concept of insulin for patients with diabetes, and he changed this idea into reality.

Best Frederick Banting Quotes 

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2.”I had been taught that if I cried, to be quiet about it, so whereas I never howled, the least thing made me cry both at school and at home. Crying tends to separate a child from other children, for even children dislike a cry baby, and I had no friends in the world.”– Frederick Banting

3.”Henderson had a thousand times more to do with the discovery of insulin than had Macleod. In the first place, he knew more about it. In the second place, he was consulted before every series of experiments, and he advised, criticized, or commended.”– Frederick Banting

4.”Best said possibly the only thing that would have changed my attitude: ‘What will happen to me?’ ‘Your friend MacLeod will look after you,’ I said. Best replied, ‘If you get out, I get out.’ There was silence for some moments. I thought of all the joy of the early experiments which we had known together. Here was loyalty.”– Frederick Banting

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5.”The method of estimating the potency of insulin solutions is based on the effect that insulin produces upon the blood sugar of normal animals.”– Frederick Banting

6.”I lived in constant terror of being asked a question in class. Even if I knew the answer, I was never able to tell it before the class.”– Frederick Banting

7.”British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt.”– Frederick Banting

8.”The place where we were operating was not fit to be called an operating room. Aseptic work had not been done in it for some years. The floor could not be scrubbed properly, or the water would go through on the laboratories below.”– Frederick Banting

9.”During the first couple of years at school… I used to take my lunch and go down by the old fair grounds & sit alone by the side of the road & eat it… Those lovely, lonely lunches stick deep in my memory as unhappy times.”– Frederick Banting

10.”If a patient became sugar-free and blood sugar normal on a basal requirement diet, the caloric intake was gradually increased until sugar appeared in the urine. The tolerance was thus ascertained.”– Frederick Banting

11.”Professor Macleod, in his remarks, gave everything that I was going to say and used the pronoun ‘we’ throughout. The following day, students were talking about the remarkable work of Professor Macleod.”– Frederick Banting

12.”I very deeply appreciate the honour which you have conferred upon me in awarding the Nobel Prize for 1923 to me and Professor J.J.R. Macleod.”– Frederick Banting

13.”In the U.S., the incidence of diabetes has increased proportionately with the per capita consumption of sugar.”– Frederick Banting

14.”Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night. Time, meals, sleep – all were of secondary consideration. We had to get insulin into a form that was refined enough for continued clinical use.”– Frederick Banting

15.”Diabetes mellitus is due to a deficiency of the internal secretion of the pancreas. The main principle of treatment is, therefore, to correct this deficiency.”– Frederick Banting

16.”Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with tears until he could not see.”– Frederick Banting

17.”My work is entirely surgical, and Col. Starr has given me a very interesting task of collecting nerve cases that have had the nerves sewn together. I may also do some experimental work for him.”– Frederick Banting

18.”I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called ‘The Landing.’ It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a boat up onto skids out of the water. The thought occurred to me that I might paint such a picture.”– Frederick Banting

19.”In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the introduction of air forces, there is an increased dependence on the home country, and eight to ten people working at home are now required to keep one man in the fighting line.”– Frederick Banting

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21.”Especially during the hot weather, we have been so greatly hampered by infections despite our utmost care, and since we have lost so many dogs, I strongly desire more help to keep the place clean and gloves and gowns and a thorough fitting up of our operating room.”– Frederick Banting

22.”Mr. Best has expressed the desire to work with me, and I should be more than pleased to have him. His work has been excellent, and he is absolutely honest, careful, and impartial and has taken a great interest in the work.”– Frederick Banting

23.”It was because of Henderson that I stayed… It was he and he alone who kept me in Toronto and in Canada. Were it not for Henderson, I believe insulin would have been a product of the United States.”– Frederick Banting

24.”On February 19th, Dr. Collip found that he was unable to refine the extract by his method and was unable to keep up his supply to the wards. During the following six weeks, or longer, no extract was available for clinical tests. I believe the reason for this to be that Collip, wishing to keep his process a secret, had not kept careful records.”– Frederick Banting

25.”It was an extremely trying time for me. Best was still intimate with MacLeod and the others about the laboratory. I was out of the picture entirely. MacLeod had taken over the whole physiological investigation. Collip had taken over the biochemistry. Professor Graham and Dr. Campbell had taken over the whole clinical aspect of the investigation.”– Frederick Banting

26.”Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world.”– Frederick Banting

27.”Diabetus [sic]. Ligate pancreatic ducts of dog. Keep dogs alive till acini degenerate leaving Islets. Try to isolate the internal secretion of these to try to relieve glycosurea [sic].”– Frederick Banting

28.”No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.”– Frederick Banting

29.”Intravenous injections of extract from dog’s pancreas, removed from seven to ten weeks after ligation of the ducts, invariably exercises a reducing influence upon the percentage sugar of the blood and the amount of sugar excreted in the urine … the extent and duration of the reduction varies directly with the amount of extract injected.”– Frederick Banting

30.”Do not enter upon research unless you can not help it. Ask yourself the “why” of every statement that is made and think out your own answer. If through your thoughtful work you get a worthwhile idea, it will get you. The force of the conviction will compel you to forsake all and seek the relief of your mind in research work.”– Frederick Banting

31.”I am a firm believer in the theory that you can do or be anything that you wish in this world, within reason, if you are prepared to make the sacrifices, think and work hard enough and long enough.”– Frederick Banting

32.”It is not within the power of the properly constructed human mind to he satisfied. Progress would cease if this were the case.”– Frederick Banting

33.”The greatest joy in life is to accomplish. It is the getting, not the having. It is the giving, not the keeping.”– Frederick Banting

34.”You can prepare yourself for work. The paintings of the great masters, the compositions of great musicians, the sermons of great preachers, the policies of great statesmen, and the campaigns of great generals, do not spring full bloom from barren rock. … If you are a true student you will be more dissatisfied with yourself when you graduate than you are now.”– Frederick Banting

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SCANNED FROM THE TORONTO STAR LIBRARY
*U42 GRAPHIC Frederick G. Banting. Star Newspaper Service copyright photograph. Photo stamped June 1941. Also published 19820512 with caption: Birthplace of insulin: Although many believe Sir Frederick Banting discovered insulin at the University of Toronto, the original idea come to him late one night in
this three-storey brick house on Adeliade St. in London. Photo retouched Jan 2007. (20070322, J6) STAR FILE PHOTO Sir Frederick Banting works at his home in London, Ont., where he came up with the idea for insulin in 1920. The house on Adelaide St. contains many items relating to Banting’s medical
practice, with testimonials from people who have benefitted from his treatment for diabetes, as well as his military career and artistic interests.

36.”During the first couple of years at school… I used to take my lunch and go down by the old fair grounds & sit alone by the side of the road & eat it… Those lovely, lonely lunches stick deep in my memory as unhappy times.”– Frederick Banting

37.”I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called ‘The Landing.’ It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a boat up onto skids out of the water. The thought occurred to me that I might paint such a picture.”– Frederick Banting

38.” My work is entirely surgical, and Col. Starr has given me a very interesting task of collecting nerve cases that have had the nerves sewn together. I may also do some experimental work for him.”– Frederick Banting

39.”In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the introduction of air forces, there is an increased dependence on the home country, and eight to ten people working at home are now required to keep one man in the fighting line.”– Frederick Banting

40.”When I go in, I find that it is not a lab but an office. There are a pile of letters to answer, phone numbers to call up, people waiting to have an interview, routine work that must be done.”– Frederick Banting

41.”The place where we were operating was not fit to be called an operating room. Aseptic work had not been done in it for some years. The floor could not be scrubbed properly, or the water would go through on the laboratories below.”– Frederick Banting

42.”British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt.”– Frederick Banting

43.”It was because of Henderson that I stayed… It was he and he alone who kept me in Toronto and in Canada. Were it not for Henderson, I believe insulin would have been a product of the United States.”– Frederick Banting

44.”Mr. Best has expressed the desire to work with me, and I should be more than pleased to have him. His work has been excellent, and he is absolutely honest, careful, and impartial and has taken a great interest in the work.”– Frederick Banting

45.”It was an extremely trying time for me. Best was still intimate with MacLeod and the others about the laboratory. I was out of the picture entirely. MacLeod had taken over the whole physiological investigation. Collip had taken over the biochemistry. Professor Graham and Dr. Campbell had taken over the whole clinical aspect of the investigation.”– Frederick Banting

46.”Best said possibly the only thing that would have changed my attitude: ‘What will happen to me?’ ‘Your friend MacLeod will look after you,’ I said. Best replied, ‘If you get out, I get out.’ There was silence for some moments. I thought of all the joy of the early experiments which we had known together. Here was loyalty.”– Frederick Banting

47.”Best and I worked in the sub-basement of the old medical building day and night. Time, meals, sleep – all were of secondary consideration. We had to get insulin into a form that was refined enough for continued clinical use.”– Frederick Banting

48.”I lived in constant terror of being asked a question in class. Even if I knew the answer, I was never able to tell it before the class.”– Frederick Banting

49.”Especially during the hot weather, we have been so greatly hampered by infections despite our utmost care, and since we have lost so many dogs, I strongly desire more help to keep the place clean and gloves and gowns and a thorough fitting up of our operating room.”– Frederick Banting

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51.”No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.”– Frederick Banting

Frederick Banting believed that if you want to do anything in life, you have to struggle for it. Even a single idea in your life can change the world. He believed that people should not lose their confidence.

They should always try to think big and try to convert the idea into reality. Frederick Banting wanted to do a lot of things in life. He thought big and had different ideas. Banting always tried to convert his idea into reality. His hard work and dream let him achieve what he always wanted.

“I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.”– Frederick Banting

Frederick had to do a lot of hard work for the discovery of insulin. But he never stopped. By reading the quotes of Frederick Banting, you might get inspiration to never stop in life. Do you know any Frederick Banting fan? If yes, then do share these quotes with them and also like and share them.