J.J.R Macleod, Co-discoverer of Insulin – A Historical Workshop
The Toronto Medical Historical Club marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin with a historical workshop.
This half-day workshop of historical papers and roundtable discussion will provide an opportunity to re-evaluate the contributions of John James Rickard Macleod (1876-1935), Nobel laureate, and co-discoverer of insulin.
Programme
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome and Introduction – John Dirks, Toronto
9:15 am - 9:35 am
J.J.R. Macleod: Aberdeen to Toronto, the making of a great physiologist and educator
Kenneth McHardy, Aberdeen
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am -10:15 am
Macleod: Misunderstood, Misinterpreted, and Maligned”
James Wright, Calgary
10:15-10:30
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:45 am
BREAK
10:45 am - 11:15 am
“I was only an impresario — the managing director” : J.J.R. Macleod and the pragmatics of the discovery and development of insulin”
Christopher Rutty, Toronto
11:15 am - 11:30
Discussion
11:30 am -11:40 am
J.J.R. Macleod, Regius Professor of Physiology back in Aberdeen
Kenneth McHardy, Aberdeen
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
General questions and discussion
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Response and summary
Alison Li, Toronto
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm
Consensus recommendations of the workshop
John Dirks
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm
Conclusion and thanks
John Dirks and Peter Kopplin
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