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| | John James Richard Macleod |
 | | Macleod was reluctant, at first, to give Dr. Banting some research space at the University of Toronto. |
 | | But, so far, there was no hint as to the actual structure within the pancreas upon which the antidiabetic influence of the gland depends and it is primarily to the anato-mists, Liguesse and Dianiare, that we owe the hypothesis that this must be the collection of cells, named after their discoverer, the isles of Langerhans. |
 | | It is not converted into glycogen (McCormick, Noble and Macleod, Dudley and Marrian, Cori etc.) nor is it immediately oxidized, since the respiratory metabolism (intake O2 and R. Q.) does not become increased at the time when the blood sugar is falling (Eadie, Dickson, Macleod and Pember; Trevan and Boock; Krogh; Boothby and Wilder etc.). |
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