DISCOVERY OF INSULIN: AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
This paper is devoted to an analysis of insulin discovery, which is a real scientific breakthrough in the field of medicine, characterized by active discussions among scientists, as well as high hopes and disappointments, successes and mistakes. It is a story of outstanding personalities, intuitive insights, intellectual constructions and scientific achievements. The discovery of insulin became an important milestone in the development of medical science and made a real revolution in both therapy and prognosis of diabetes mellitus. It is noted that it is one of the most studied diseases in the history of medicine, the first mention of which goes back to the collection of ancient Egyptian, Indian and Chinese treatises. The introduction of insulin marked the end of the so-called “pre-insulin era” (“era of disappointment”), paving the way for a new era, clinical advances and the development of modern medicine.