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Elizabeth Hughes Gossett.
first American treated with insulin for diabetes (1907–1981)
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About Elizabeth Hughes Gossett
Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett, 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.
Everything about Elizabeth Hughes Gossett →- Occupation
- philanthropist, activist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 19, 1907
- Died
- April 21, 1981, April 28, 1981