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First Comment to “In 1889 von Mering and Minkowski reported that total pancreatectomy in dogs was followed by severe diabetes…(Houssay, 1989, p. 112).”
The discovery of diabetes mellitus is ground-breaking and saved the lives of many because the medical professionals finally understood the main reason for its pathophysiology. Discovering the primary culprit of the disease paved the way for interventions, including the present-day management for diabetes, including medications and lifestyle modifications. This is the reason why humanity should have great regard for the person or people behind this primary discovery. Without their intellect, keen observation, and medical skills at the time, the disease might still be an unknown entity up to the present, or that there will be poor management of the disease.
Second Comment to” "I am sorry I did not publish a detailed history of the discovery of pancreatic diabetes… (Houssay, 1989, pp.113-115).”
As mentioned, the discovery of diabetes is ground-breaking, opening the opportunity to worldwide recognition. This is why it is important to know who the people are behind it. In the excerpt, it is known that Minkowski and von Mering worked together into its discovery, but Professor B. Naunyn, the medical director of the institution where these scientists performed their experiments, wrote differently as if discrediting von Mering. Thus, one of the latter’s students wrote to M...
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