Elizabeth Hughes

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Elizabeth Hughes was an American woman historically notable as one of the first patients successfully treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
human
medical patient
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Barnard College NERFINISHED
familyName Hughes NERFINISHED
father Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED
givenName Elizabeth NERFINISHED
hasBiographicalGenre medical biography
hasCauseOfDeath complications of diabetes
hasEthnicGroup White American
hasHistoricalSignificance demonstrated that insulin therapy could allow long-term survival in type 1 diabetes
hasLifeExpectancyComparedToUntreatedType1DiabetesPatients much longer
hasMedicalCondition type 1 diabetes mellitus
hasNotableFeature survived type 1 diabetes for decades after insulin treatment began
hasNotableRelative Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED
hasOccupation teacher
hasResidence New York City NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
hasRoleInMedicalHistory pioneer insulin therapy patient
influenced acceptance of insulin therapy in clinical practice
public perception of insulin as a life-saving treatment
languageSpoken English
notableFor being one of the first people successfully treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes
early recipient of therapeutic insulin following its discovery in the early 1920s
partOf early clinical history of insulin therapy
placeOfBirth United States of America
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender female
treatedWith insulin

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Elizabeth Hughes Gossett birthName Elizabeth Hughes