George Ludwig Zuelzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About George Ludwig Zuelzer
- George Ludwig Zuelzer (German spelling- Georg Ludwig Zülzer) (April 10, 1870 - October 16, 1949) was a German physician of Jewish ancestry who was a native of Berlin.
- He practiced medicine in Berlin until 1934, when he emigrated to New York City.
- His son, Wolf William Zuelzer (1909–1987) was a noted American hematologist and pediatrician. Zülzer is remembered for his work with diabetes mellitus.
- He had some success using pancreatic extracts on diabetic dogs, and in 1906 injected an extract called "Acomatrol" into a dying diabetic patient who was in a coma.
- At first the patient showed improvement, but later suffered from side effects, and died when the Acomatrol supply was exhausted.
- Acomatrol was based on an extract from calf pancreases, and was manufactured by a local company in Berlin. Afterwards, Zülzer continued to seek a suitable remedy for diabetes mellitus, but attained little success, and his laboratory was turned over to the German military during World War I.
- A breakthrough occurred in the early 1920s when Canadian physicians Frederick Banting and Charles Best developed an extract that saved the life of a 14-year-old diabetic patient.
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