First Use of Insulin to treat diabetes on human patient in 1922

 

On 11 January 1922, First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.

On 11 January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes, who lay dying at the Toronto General Hospital, was given the first injection of insulin. However, the extract was so impure that Thompson suffered a severe allergic reaction, and further injections were cancelled.

Over the next 12 days, James Collip worked day and night to improve the ox-pancreas extract, and a second dose was injected on the 23 January. This was completely successful, not only in having no obvious side-effects, but in completely eliminating the glycosuria sign of diabetes.

Conquest of Mecca in 630

 

 

On 11 January 630, Conquest of Mecca, The prophet Muhammad and his followers conquered the city, Quraysh surrendered.

The Conquest of Mecca, was the capture of the town of Mecca by Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in December 629 or January 630 AD. The conquest marked the end of the wars between the followers of prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh tribe.

Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar's Birth Anniversary

 

Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, born on 11 January 1898, was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathi author to win the prestigious Jnanpith Award.

Dietetics Day

 

Dietetics Day, celebrated on January 10th each year, highlights the critical role of dietitians in promoting health and preventing chronic diseases through nutrition. This observance provides an opportunity to recognize the contributions of dietitians in clinical and community settings, emphasizing their expertise in creating personalized, evidence-based nutrition plans to improve overall well-being.

National Save the Eagles Day (U.S.)

Each year on January 10th, National Save the Eagles Day reminds us of the majestic raptors that soar above the Earth - whether they are well populated or endangered. National Save the Eagles Day on January 10 is a day to raise awareness about eagles and to give thanks for the conservation efforts to prevent their extinction. Did you know that there are more than 60 different species of eagles in the world? The bald eagle and the golden eagle are the only two species of eagles found in the U.S. As poaching, pesticides, human intervention, and other dangers continue to threaten eagle populations across the world, we need toc ome together to save and protect these majestic creatures, the symbol of American freedom.

National Apricot Day (U.S.)

 

National Apricot Day is celebrated annually on January 9 to honour the delicious and nutritious apricot, a fruit beloved for its vibrant flavour and versatile uses. This day serves as an opportunity to appreciate the cultural, culinary, and health benefits of apricots while raising awareness about their significance worldwide.

The origins of National Apricot Day remain unclear, but the fruit's history is well-documented. Apricots are believed to have originated in China over 4,000 years ago before travelling to the Mediterranean along the Silk Road. Eventually, Spanish explorers introduced apricots to the Americas in the 18th century.

Robert Baden-Powell's Death Anniversary

 

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, who passed away on 8 January 1941, in Nyeri, Kenya, was a British army officer who became a national hero for his 217-day defense of Mafeking (now Mahikeng) in the South African War of 1899–1902. He later became famous as the founder in 1908 of the Boy Scouts and as cofounder in 1910 of a parallel organization for girls, the Girl Guides. The American Girl Guide organization was founded in 1912 and soon changed its name to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

In 1884–85 Baden-Powell became noted for his use of observation balloons in warfare in Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and the Sudan. From October 12, 1899, to May 17, 1900, he defended Mafeking, holding off a much larger Boer force until the siege was lifted. After the war he recruited and trained the South African constabulary. On returning to England in 1903, he was appointed inspector general of cavalry, and the following year he established the Cavalry School, Netheravon, Wiltshire. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1907.

Having learned that his military textbook Aids to Scouting (1899) was being used for training boys in woodcraft, Baden-Powell ran a trial camp on Brownsea Island, off Poole, Dorset, in 1907, and he wrote an outline for the proposed Boy Scout movement. Scout troops sprang up all over Britain, and for their use Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys was issued in 1908. He retired from the army in 1910 to devote all his time to the Boy Scouts, and in the same year he and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell (1858–1945) founded the Girl Guides. His wife, Olave, Lady Baden-Powell (1889–1977), also did much to promote the Girl Guides. In 1916 he organized the Wolf Cubs in Great Britain (known as Cub Scouts in the United States) for boys under the age of 11. At the first international Boy Scout Jamboree (London, 1920), he was acclaimed chief scout of the world.

A baronet from 1922, Baden-Powell was created a baron in 1929. He spent his last years in Kenya for his health. His autobiography, Lessons of a Lifetime (1933), was followed by Baden-Powell (1942, 2nd ed. 1957), by Ernest Edwin Reynolds, and The Boy-Man: The Life of Lord Baden-Powell (1989), by Tim Jeal.