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Dr Elliott Proctor Joslin

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Dr Elliott Proctor Joslin

Birth
Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Jan 1962 (aged 92)
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.1389625, Longitude: -71.870925
Plot
Lot 863
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A pioneer in the treatment of diabetes. Supported the notion of "diabetes self-mangement," whereby patients are instructed how to modify their life style and self administer prescribed treatments to control their diabetes. Published extensively in the field of diabetes, including: Diabetic Manual for the Doctor and Patient (1948 and various other later editions); Diabetic Manual for the Mutual Use of Doctor and Patient (1918 and various other later editions); Diabetic Metabolism with High and Low Diets (1923); Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus (posthumously, 1985 and various later editions); Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus (1916, and various later editions with co-authors). The Joslins Diabetes Center, affilated with the Harvard Medical School, is named in his honor. Graduated from Yale University, then the Harvard Medical School.
A pioneer in the treatment of diabetes. Supported the notion of "diabetes self-mangement," whereby patients are instructed how to modify their life style and self administer prescribed treatments to control their diabetes. Published extensively in the field of diabetes, including: Diabetic Manual for the Doctor and Patient (1948 and various other later editions); Diabetic Manual for the Mutual Use of Doctor and Patient (1918 and various other later editions); Diabetic Metabolism with High and Low Diets (1923); Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus (posthumously, 1985 and various later editions); Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus (1916, and various later editions with co-authors). The Joslins Diabetes Center, affilated with the Harvard Medical School, is named in his honor. Graduated from Yale University, then the Harvard Medical School.


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