GeoMinute: Banting, Best and the coin flip that decided history HD

In May of 1921, Frederick Banting approaches renowned physiologist John McLeod of the University of Toronto with a theory on how to treat diabetes. Learn more: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/diabetes-breakthrough-discovery-insulin Credits: F. G. Banting as a young man courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item P10123. J. J. R. Macleod ca. 1906 courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item P10074. New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. New York, ca. 1920. Courtesy Library of Congress, item LC-B2-6474-4. F. G. Banting with white dog courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item P10101. C. H. Best, Henry Marsh, and E. Clark Noble courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item P10136. Laboratory 221 courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item P10043. 5 cents, Canada, 1921 courtesy National Currency Collection – Bank of Canada Museum, item 1972.065.002. Toronto Daily Star March 22, 1922 courtesy Toronto Star Archives / Wikimedia Commons. Citation to F. G. Banting and J. J. R. Macleod accompanying the Nobel Prize courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item A10013. Macelod Awards Collip Half of His Nobel Prize courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item C10012. Divides honors with Best Nobel Prize for research courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, item C10160. Banting, Best and Diabetes by Banting House National Historic Site. This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada. See the entire project at www.canadiangeographic.ca/topic/commemorate-canada