I feel so good about the experience I recently had that I want to share it with others.
I took a trip last week to London, Ontario, to visit the Banting Museum. Dr. Frederick Banting was a Canadian doctor and surgeon living and working in a house in London in 1921 when he had an idea that led to the discovery of insulin. The museum in honor of his work is in the house where he lived when we woke up one night at 2:00 am and wrote down his idea that led to the discovery. The rest, as they say, is history.
Seeing the artifacts and memorabilia and tributes to his work, including a replica of the Nobel Prize, was a tremendously emotional experience for me. I told the docents at the museum “I have lived 33 years longer than I would have had it not been for his and team’s work”
In the room where he slept they have placed a replica of his single bed, a night stand, and a small work table with papers, pens, etc. On the night stand there is an old fashioned round alarm clock set to 2:00. On the work table, along with a photocopy of the paper he wrote at 2 am for his idea that led to the discovery, there is a box of tissues. The docent told me (as I choked up seeing the discovery that saved my life) “We go through them!”
If any of you have the chance to travel to London, Ontario, and visit the museum, DO IT!
Hit me back if you really are thinking of visiting it and I’ll share travel and visiting details, etc.
If you do see it, you won’t forget it. And don’t be ashamed if you help the docents use up their supply of tissues!
