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Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett (August 19, 1907 – April 21, 1981), the daughter of statesman Charles Evans Hughes, was the first American, and one of the first people in the world, treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes. She received over 42,000 insulin shots over her lifetime.
Apr 26, 1981 · Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, 73, the last surviving child of the late Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and the founder of the Supreme Court Historical Society, died of pneumonia Saturday at a ...
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Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett (August 19, 1907 – April 21, 1981), the daughter of US statesman Charles Evans Hughes, was the first American, and one of the first people in the world, treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes. She received over 42,000 insulin shots over her lifetime.
Sep 14, 2010 · In a race against time and a ravaging disease, Elizabeth becomes one of the first diabetics to receive insulin injections – all while its discoverers and a little known pharmaceutical company struggle to make it available to the rest of the world.
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Elizabeth Hughes Gossett was born on August 19, 1907 in the Executive Mansion in Albany, New York while her father, Charles Evans Hughes, was serving as the state's Governor. In 1919, at age 11, Elizabeth developed juvenile diabetes, and, by the age of 14, her health had deteriorated significantly.
Sep 14, 2010 · Focusing on Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, daughter of Charles Evans Hughes, a noted lawyer, jurist, and politician of his day, Breakthrough uses Elizabeth's story to put a human face to all of the victims of the disease, as much as it traces the discovery's path through the lives and work of the scientists involved. A subplot highlights the efforts ...
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Elizabeth Gossett died of pneumonia on April 21, 1981 at the age of seventy-three. She had lived for fifty-eight years on insulin. Her life had been full and active and she believed that few of her friends or associates knew of her diabetic condition.
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