Talk:John Macleod (physiologist)

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I have removed the "rumour" that MacLeod did not participate in the discovery of insulin and was on holiday when it occurred. John Waller's Fabulous Science describes the way Charles Best attempted to discount the contributions of the other scientists involved - Best and Banting only obtained good results once MacLeod started advising them on experimental technique, and the crucial use of alcohol in extracting insulin was entirely MacLeod's suggestion. --Andrew Norman 17:28, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)


 * That MacLeod was on vacation in Scotland while Banting and Best did their initial experiments in the summer of 1921 is not a rumour. It's a fact.  However, whether Banting and Best's results from the summer of '21 were good enough to constitute the "discovery" of insulin without MacLeod's input and supervision is a separate question. (JGDo (talk) 08:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC))

There is also a short bio of MacLeod in The Canadian Encyclopedia that states "Contrary to Banting's and Best's later distorted accounts, MacLeod was an active, essential supervisor of a research effort that, by the spring of 1922, had resulted in the discovery of insulin." –panda (talk) 20:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Name
Hi does anyone know how to change the spelling in the title? It should read "Rickard" not "Richard". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lecapitain32 (talk • contribs) 12:50, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


 * You are right. MacLeod's third name is "Rickard."  (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004986).  I don't know how to edit it, though.  But I wish somebody would.  (JGDo (talk) 08:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC))

I had been bold and moved this page to correct spelling of the gentleman's name as per previous comments and numerous other sources, including the Nobel biography, a memorial plaque in Toronto and the obituary in Exp Physiol. — Yerpo Eh? 16:06, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

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"Known for codiscovery of Insulin"
He wasn't supposed to be credited because it's just his laboratory that was used while making experiments.

All he did was judged the experiments but wasn't really present when the discovery was made by Banting and Best. 2001:4453:39F:CF00:A865:9A:A533:1B79 (talk) 10:15, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Not true, as explained in the article and supported by scholarly references cited. Do you have better sources that dispute this? — Yerpo Eh? 20:14, 5 May 2022 (UTC)