Nicolae Paulescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolae Paulescu

Romanian academic

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1869

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 17-Jul-1931

Profession: physician, university teacher, journalist, physiologist

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nicolae Constantin Paulescu (Romanian pronunciation: [niko'la.e pa.u'lesku]; 30 October 1869 (O.S.) – 17 July 1931) was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine, and politician, most famous for his work on diabetes, including patenting pancreine (a pancreatic extract containing insulin).
The "pancreine" was an extract of bovine pancreas in salted water, after which some impurites were removed with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. Paulescu was also, with A.
C.
Cuza, co-founder of the National Christian Union and later, of the National-Christian Defense League in Romania.