The Scotsman Who Saved 300 Million Lives

JJR MacLeod is oribabkt a name unknown to folks who aren't diabetic. Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey, tells the explosive and intribuing story of his contribution to the invention of insulin which saved and changed the lives of millions suffering from diabetes.
Support the channel with Patreon www.patreon.com/scotlandhistorytours
The Greatest Scottish scientist • THE GREATEST SCIENTIST...
Tour Scotland with Bruce www.scotlandhi...
Three ways to support Scotland History Tours video productions at www.scotlandhi...
...or just buy me coffee here
www.buymeacoff...
My videographer is Matt Ward. You'll get him at thesassenachs....
Here's a video explaining the three ways to help me make more videos • Crowdfunding Options t...
Join The National Trust of Scotland and experience Scottish history in lots of many National Trust properties worth visiting. You can find out about National Trust for Scotland, it's properties and how to join here tidd.ly/3kuyDg3
Join the mailing list at
mailchi.mp/d2e...
Videography by Matt Ward at www.visualsofs...
Scotland History Tours is here for people who want to learn about Scottish history and get ideas for Scottish history tours. I try to make videos which tell you tales from Scotland's past and give you information about key dates in Scottish history and historical places to visit in Scotland. Not all videos are tales from Scotland's history, some of them are about men from Scotland's past or women from Scotland's past. Basically the people who made Scotland. From April 2020 onward I've tried to give ideas for historic days out in Scotland. Essentially these are days out in Scotland for adults who are interested in historical places to visit in Scotland.
As a Scottish history tour guide people ask: Help me plan a Scottish holiday, or help me plan a Scottish vacation if your from the US. So I've tried to give a bit of history, but some places of interest in Scotland as well.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Support the channel with Patreon www.patreon.com/scotlandhistorytours The Greatest Scottish scientist kzbin.info/www/bejne/i53FdKtjqJh9rck Tour Scotland with Bruce www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/tours/

[@punk2pasture]

I am Canadian and I was Type 1 (previously known as Juvenile Diabetes) for 33 years. I grew up just outside of Toronto and as a kid I heard the story of Macleod, Banting & Best and of course 14 year old Leonard Thompson. My body has been destroyed and diabetes and every time I hear about someone young being diagnosed it breaks my heart. Diabetes is waging a war in your body and every high blood sugar is a major battle that even if you get your blood sugar levels back in control, damage to your body is done. After years and years of constant attacks on your body, the damage starts to manifest. 10 years ago my damage manifested after a 33 year war and my kidneys failed. 8 years ago I received a kidney and pancreas transplant inside the very hospital where Dr. Banting & Dr. Best invented the very insulin that gave me those extra 33 years of life. I should have died November 12 1989 at the age of 9 years old but two men didn't give up and persevered until they came up with a medicine that saved the lives of millions upon millions of lives. They are one of the reasons why I am proud to be a Canadian.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you're still with us

[@dianehepper8764]

I like your history and I think so much progress and knowledge is moving forward from even those historic times

[@dalehalliday3578]

a life-long resident of Toronto, of Scottish ancestry, this was fascinating. I had always heard of Banting & Best's heroics, but not much on MacLeod nor Collip. Thanks for adding to the story. And the tour sounds fascinating. Will run it by the "boss", lol.

[@NorthernBandit1]

Aye Bruce, I have been a Diabetic since I was 18 years old, I am approaching 71 very soon. I remember The men you name and talk about very early on. Diabetes was not my friend so I wanted to learn as much as I could going into this medicine. Wonderful you put humans, real people to the discoveries of treatment and to think as well it all began with a Scot! Thank You.

[@kathleenhartnellharper7234]

I was sure you were going to talk about Fleming who accidentally discovered Penicillin in a moldy Petri dish

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜

[@GrantHendrick]

I too thought Fleming but this was a great video and very well described the history correctly. ( I used to be involved in diabetes research.)

[@TheDopekitty]

Me too!

[@resourcedragon]

Nah! Bruce has a penchant for finding the unexpected stories. Fleming, in a sense, is too obvious.

[@iskandartaib]

I was thinking Edward Jenner, but it turns out he was English. 😁

[@jameshorne9351]

Good morning Bruce, I loved that transition from Scotland to Canada... Pretty impressive & as always very informative. 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks

[@ClarenceCochran-ne7du]

Good Story Bruce. As a former RN, I knew some of the story, but your anecdotes make it alive.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Delighted

[@stacielent5882]

As one of six members of my family that suffer with Diabetes type 2 insulin dependent. I'd like to say thank you to these men

[@AynneMorison]

As a diabetic from a family with multiple others, I bless the team that has made our lives more bearable and extended.

[@melissavancleave8686]

As always I have learned something in an easy remembering kind of way. Thank you kindly.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You're welcome

[@nancyholcombe8030]

As someone whose best friend is a severe type 1 diabetic, I can't say how much I appreciate you covering this story, Bruce! I knew half of the story, but you filled in all of the gaps nicely. The 'Tolkien touch' of humor was a good giggle to cover a very serious subject and was also greatly appreciated. It's a shame that it takes such great egos to create such incredible things sometimes, but whether they liked each other or not, they still made a way for me to have my best friend for 51 years now! Thank you, gentlemen, for your diligent work and discovery! Thank you, Bruce, for an excellent story! Y'all take care now! 😊

[@terrykennedy-lares8840]

An awesome and well told story. Loved the shifting from Scotland to Canada and back. As a retired nurse I loved the medical part of it all.

[@melskunk]

Canadians all know Banting (and Best to a lesser extent) but I had no idea the links to Scotland or any of the others involved in the work.

[@thehowlingmisogynist9871]

Canada is swarming with ethnic Scots.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad to reveal the truth

[@euansmith3699]

A small youtube channel that is able to start a video in Scotland and end up in Canada 😲😎👍 Talk about making a minimal budget go a long way. That's a lovely tombstone; very art deco. I thuoght that James Carnegie said, "Team work, makes the dream work."

[@ZombieSazza]

I am so happy to see JRRM covered by your channel, and that you visited his grave in Allenvale! Genuinely happy to see he’s been honoured with the lovely bench in Duthie Park, the city otherwise has a plaque at a house he used to live at and his grave in Allenvale, nothing truly honouring the man who discovered insulin! Also seeing you visit Allenvale is spooky cus I live a few minutes from there, get off my lawn you! 😜

[@debbralehrman5957]

This saved my Great Grandmother life. She had fallen and ruptured her pancreas. Of course she became Insulin dependent for the rest of her life. But she had a life. Thank You Gentleman😘🤗💕🌹

[@Allastrology]

I have learned more history here than I did when I was in school. Admittedly, school was boring for me but no one could ever say that about your presentations Bruce. Thank you!!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜Thanks

[@eamonnclabby7067]

As a recently retired NHS person, this resonates with me very much...thank you sir...cheers...E...😊

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Wonderful!

[@Elohims1]

Very interesting. Thank you!🎉

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You're welcome

[@williejack3695]

another most excellent and fascinating video, thank you

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thank you

[@tireemacleods]

Brilliant as always

[@HurtElbowGamer]

As a T1D myself for 29 years now, thanks for highlighting the work they did.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You're welcome

[@shanchat]

The video of James Clerk Maxwell is one of my faves. We did have a brief chat about him last year after your Festival show.

[@Shar53-xg6hg]

I was born with diabetes I will be 71 and have seen amazing accomplishments in diabetes. Thank you men for your research. I would not be here today without this invention.

[@Jonnyxs]

Good to see you big man👊🏼 Bruce what was that really bright thing in the sky? No seen that before 😂 Informative and entertaining as always Love your work mate keep them coming

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

This place has been hotter than hell! I had no idea

[@wtspman]

Nice to see you do a walk around my alma mater. I had lectures for one of my courses in the JJR MacLeod auditorium. Interesting note on the patent for insulin: Collip, Banting and Best sold their patents to the University of Toronto for $1, so that it could be made available at low cost to diabetics. Before the video started, I was expecting it to be about Alexander Fleming, and penicillin.

[@jamesconnolly3827]

Aye thanks to them for saving my life 💉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@RobertOlds.630]

Aye

[@RobertOlds.630]

Thank you. As one who suffers from diabetes, this topic drew me in. It was a great presentation, and I now know who to thank.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Brilliant

[@retro61]

Aye, like a few here, Fleming was the name that jumped into my head. Your delivery is hugely entertaining & informative, making learning new facts about my home and it's people a real pleasure

[@iainmelville9411]

Fascinating story, I was enthralled - truly. Great stuff, thanks for sharing,😊.

[@harlawkid2]

Great video as always. It was lovely meeting you even though you were busy filming - my friend introduced me to your content and we snuck into the video at 2:10 😂

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Brilliant

[@gavinmajor4109]

Very well told and excellent editing 👌

[@Irishharper]

I thought this was going to be about Alexander Fleming... but as a diabetic, loved this segment....

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, Fleming was the other guy zi was thinking about

[@joshj9479]

Halo, agus feasgar math Bruce. I'm new to this channel by about 6 months, but I always enjoy your videos. I live in the south US, and my father told me when I was just a lad that I was Scottish. I've not lived up to it until recently. Would you mind going into detail on clan Johnstone? There is plenty of missing history in the border lowlands about the Boercians and Strathclyde.

[@elainethomson7146]

Another excellent video, well presented as always. I've learned a lot.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad to hear it!

[@edithengel2284]

Thank you for this. Remarkable medical advance made possible by the hard work, intuition, and reluctant teamwork of some very interesting people.

[@Wee_Langside]

Good story telling as useful Bruce. The only name I associated with insulin is Banting.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Now you know

[@brandyjean7015]

Ok, it didn't expect the sudden Gollum impersonation. Bruce, you crack me up! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜

[@johnharvey4333]

Another top notch lesson for the masses there Bruce. The work into handling the affliction of diabetes in all forms is still ongoing & Scotland still has its part to play, funnily enough just along the road fae yer hoose Bruce in....in DUNDEE! (ahh well nothing perfect 😂). One such person involved in the ongoing quest (whom helped to make pills to aid type 2 diabetes) is a good friend, cohort & drinking buddy of mine. Within oor wee group of pals he is lovely known as "big Irish" (mainly because he's very tall & his mum is the greatest Irish maw of all time)....should point out we where highly skilled at nicknames in oor we troop of chums so much so another pal with the surname Wright is known as "Lefty" (where ever did we come up with these names😂). Anyway Professor "big Irish" still works within micro biology & biochemistry continuing the work at Dundee university to find "a better way". To quote the great man upon a discovery that helped to produce a positive outcome "I PURE F*CKIN LOVE THE MAGIC OF SCIENCE!" (Don't think that'll be printed in any medical journals 😂) So from the remaining "Le Capitaine & the 4 Musketeers"....the right honourable Lefty, the Tangerine hammer, Face aka the 13th Duke of Valrose & myself "Capitaine Gros Pantalon" to Professor "big Irish"...."keep up the bloody good Stirling work laddie & a lovely creamy pint of Guinness is always near to hand pal". Side note: we're proud that at least one of us drunken bums done something positive in life....oh Lefty is a programmer for Rockstar games (north) & did character development in the GTA & Red Dead Redemption games but it's not quite the same as helping find a cure for a disease.....saying that between us we've probably spread more diseases than helped cure but luckily there's something to help stop the itching... Wonder if a Scot help figure that one out🤔😂😂😂. Till the next time Bruce!!!

[@nicholahenry539]

Thank you what a informational video

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thank YOU

[@georgejo7905]

I am from perth and lived in Canada since 1957. Banting is recognised as the greatest Canadian. The insulin story is just the most obvious but he also gave insulin to the world for $1 and never proffited. He reenlisted in the forces for WW 2 and was shot down . Perhaps neurotic , perhaps difficult but he enbodied all that is selfless and heroic

[@CreateYourFateBrazil]

I just went back home to Perth for my Grandads birthday on Thursday just past. Down at his garage in Tulloch working away as always. Had to get a Murrays pie (more like a few, and some for home) don’t taste like they did when I was a kid. But I’ll always have that nostalgia 😌 Great video Bruce!

[@tigertiger1699]

One of your trip would be bucket list stuff…👍

[@GingerTomMom]

I learned something whilst enjoying the journey. That was weird. Thank you very much!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad to hear that!

[@hollywebster6844]

Ah ha! I now know why dieting to lose weight was, for a brief period of time, known as "banting"! I've never seen the word spelled with a capital letter, so I never knew the term was named after a person. Thanks, Bruce, for this interesting history lesson.

[@williamwilson2270]

I have had diabetes for 17 years though I have been paraplegic all my life. I walk on callipers as I always have, but I am a big fan of your histories. mind you there is a legend that is based upon a Lothian Glen called Carriber where the pictish Lords and Gaeles forged a peace and first named this country "Scotland " the place has a natural amphitheatre near the river Avon near Torphichen village, and the ruins of a castle built in the Glen. there is also a cave called "wallaces Cave" where he was treated for an arrow wound from the battle of Falkirk, Longshanks was at the same time being treated for another arrow wound in his leg at Torphichen preceptory.

[@williammorrison5678]

Great post, thank you.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@KNURKonesur]

Just on the other side of the road to Duthie Park there's the Allenvale Cemetery with the grave of Sir Patrick Manson, the godfather of tropical medicine, who's research opened the pathway to cure malaria, roundworms and other mosquito transmitted conditions, he founded the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as well.

[@alansmithee8831]

A'reyt Bruce. Since mine has spent the morning wanting to snuggle up at my side, I just kept thinking about the poor dogs! Since you are in North America, it also made me think of a certain Laurence, who has apparently lost his pond in Chicago, but also looks a lot slimmer after stopping eating processed sugar. It makes you think how much of the stuff gets eaten. Are you heading that side of the lakes?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Currently in Vancouver, crossing the border south today

[@alansmithee8831]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours I toured US and got to Vancouver. I tried to find my relatives, but just missed them. They moved up the BC coast and I had to back to USA to cross to go to Ontario on Greyhound, via Duluth. It is lovely in BC though.

[@alansmithee8831]

​@@ScotlandHistoryTourskzbin.info/www/bejne/r6q6aKqCj56anposi=zpyTYk8v2oll7-gR

[@alansmithee8831]

​@@ScotlandHistoryTourskzbin.info/www/bejne/r6q6aKqCj56anposi=zpyTYk8v2oll7-gR

[@fissbiss1]

Very interesting. There is a difference between type I and typell!! The first stops producing insulin the 2nd produces too much, but is resistant due to the diet and lifestyle, yet is reversible.

[@thehowlingmisogynist9871]

"Glory Enough For All" (1988) with John Woodvine as John MacLeod depicted just how brutal the rivalry was. Check out the Woodvine accent. What part of Brigadoon did you come fae??

[@pjmoseley243]

very interesting info Bruce.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you think so!

[@dougcowan]

Another enjoyable video! One correction, it's Fred Banting (not Frank).

[@Colin32269]

You jumped the gun

[@callumgordon1668]

Another great video. And a decent explanation of diabetes. When I started my nurse training, porcine & bovine insulins were still the norm along with strict dietary control and monitoring of blood glucose by finger pricks. I was no diabetic nurse specialist (my sister was), but management of diabetes impacted on nearly every nurse’s practice. Early on, I witnessed the arrival of human insulins, now diabetes is very much part of a model of self care, with many people monitoring blood glucose through apps on phones and planning insulin intake according to what they are going to eat. A long way to come in just over 100 years. I thought you were kind to all of the participants, but it sounds like Banting didn’t quite understand the academic research model and the role of some within it. MacLeod’s role was obviously to add some quality assurance, oversight and as the senior person add credibility.without the 4 off them, it would probably have not gone very far and someone else would have built on their work anyway. After all, it was someone else who stumbled on the islets of Langerhans. My wife’s name is on several research papers as the nurse who consented and collected patient’s information. Her Consultant’s name comes first, for reasons above. Everyone knows that it’s the names in the middle that have done the work and that’ll be recognised as their career advances. It’s not as if Banting & the other’s contribution wasn’t recognised or isn’t remembered.

[@rabeccak2275]

Thanks!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thank YOU

[@TX-biker]

Great story showing the all too familiar issue of EGO and glory in history.

[@jansilverthorn777]

I just knew this would be about insulin; Banting and Best are a piece of history most Canadians are familiar with. 👍🇨🇦

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, but too few of them know about MacLeod or Collip

[@josephturner7569]

I find it fascinating that they named an organ of the body after a station

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜

[@GoBlueGirl78]

And they canonized it!

[@hamsternchips]

Ironically, this man's invention almost killed me as a baby.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😪

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You're welcome!

[@trikepilot101]

I knew him right away, but I am a Canadian McLeod, so it was likely to have come into my orbit, eh? I can't believe there was no mention of JJR MacLeod at Dunveagan castle. There should be a McLeod Hall of Fame there.

[@GaryCameron]

Great story - you had some bits that I didn't know about. (I am a type 1 diabetic) 100 years later we are still waiting on a real cure though.

[@tigertiger1699]

Man I can’t speak highly enough of visiting Scotland/ highlands…, Skye. Islay, the birds of prey @ Shieldaig lodge…!!!! Garloch, Edinburgh, the Speside …, all the distillery

[@davepowell3293]

Should check out Sir Sanford Flemming there's a park in Halifax named after him.

[@MsCiocia]

Oh Brucie!! It’s FRED Banting, not Frank. i nearly had a heart attack when i thought you’d been right in front of Banting House! (It’s a stone’s throw from my place.)

[@danakerr7792]

It is Frederick Banting. Check out the film “glory enough for all”

[@jeremyspurgeon317]

Hiya Bruce, its me Jerry

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Hola

[@thesteadingoffranya4423]

From Canada and being a type two diabetic the instant you said the name of the park and its location I knew exactly who you were going to talk about. Well done! The only people that have saved more lives are plumbers and before you scoff remember, Cholera, Typhoid and Dysentery. I just wanted to add a quote from Banting just to add more context and hopefully inspire people to read the stories (not taking sides just ensuring the Canadian perspective) the following quote "Macleod on the other hand was never to be trusted. He was the most selfish man I have ever known. He sought at every possible opportunity to advance himself. If you told Macleod anything in the morning it was in print or in a lecture in his name by evening … He was unscrupulous and would steal an idea or credit for work from any possible source." Also lets not forget Zuelzer another contributor that was snubbed by a pair of massive egos, fame hungry narcissists. As you said at the beginning it was accidents that started the pursuit of insulin and they both wanted to use it for fame and profit.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye the Canadian historian's book I mentioned gave that quote as well, although he was much harsher on Banting's unjustified bitterness than I was.

[@thesteadingoffranya4423]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Yes I noticed the softer approach and appreciate it. My intent was to provide a peek into how bitter and hostile the egocentric disagreements were. Honestly, once you have read both sides you realize that it truly was a drama of historic proportion and I am not sure it would not have been possible outside the Canadian environment. As mild as the quote was most don't understand how angry Banting must have been. There are no sorrys at all, while there is no foul language, the impugning of character in the quote is deep enough to be a declaration of loathing in Canada (yes the angrier you get us the politer we get ....). I truly believe that it was Macleod's leadership that allowed the team to progress forward despite the open hatred and hostility of two massive conflicting egos. In short even good men can be A-holes but that does not diminish the work the entire team did that has saved my life. ( I started out as a type one but am now down to a type two and with better diet maybe someday i will be off the metformin. All due to an early diagnosis based on their work.) (edited for punctuation and typos. lol) Thanks for the great work and love the episodes.

[@johnotto4333]

⁠@@thesteadingoffranya4423 The only known cure for Type 1 diabetes is either a pancreas transplant or a transplant infusion of the specialized pancreatic cells that produce insulin. Which of these did you have?

[@thesteadingoffranya4423]

@@johnotto4333 Ya thats what my Doc said too she wants to publish a paper and the data sets. To answer the snarky question I did neither. I changed my diet and in fact my whole life style. When I was diagnosed in 2009 my A1C was 22 this June my A1C was 4.5. I am also a bit of a psychic because I know your gonna sit there and call me all kinds of nasty names denouncing me and if you are american you will threaten my family and friends but facts are facts dude. Ya gotta remember the medical industry is not looking to cure anything they just want to sell more drugs and empty our wallet.The vast majority of doctors are seemingly really only interested in the title and power tripping over us morons. Why I always go to ex military docs they were not educated in the system of suffering the civilian docs get brainwashed into.

[@mungmungie]

I lived in Toronto for several years, and would frequently pass the University of Toronto campus, riding the streetcar along College Ave. I don't know if it is true or not, but there was a room in one of the buildings that allegedly always had the lights on. It was said that the room was the lab in which insulin was discovered and that the lights were left on in recognition of the many late nights of research. While that has the tone of an urban legend to me, as with all such stories, it is the subscript that is important: why do people repeat the tale? True or not, many times I would pass by and look up, taking some comfort in the fact that research was always going on somewhere, largely unseen.

[@adamhoworth1082]

History is littered with medical malpractice and has been led to medical advancement, from smallpox to diabetes, it seems children and animals have always been the few for the success for the many, very interesting Bruce, thanks as always

[@benjaminlasseter8929]

So I have inside information about this one you might be interested in. Sadly, I cannot document it, and the Nobel committee would never admit this, but for a reason I'll let you know at the end, I am quite certain of my information. The patent for insulin was sold for $1 to the University of Toronto, it is true. And U. Toronto sold it to Eli Lilly, which is also true. But this wasn't actually a case of Mr. Lilly deliberately short shrifting the scientists. It was no accident that the Nobel committee awarded them the Nobel Prize in Medicine that year: Mr. Lilly had leverage on the committee, and strong-armed them into awarding the prize, thus making sure that MacLeod and Banting were well compensated for their work... and that some other group besides his company would wind up footing the bill. MacLeod and Banting never really suffered in that deal at all, and it was known in advance what the deal was going to be among these men. As I said, I know this for certain: the man was my great uncle...

[@normmcrae1140]

How about another Scotsman who emigrated to Canada and completely changed the world...? Alexander Graham Bell. Not only did he invent the Telephone, but he also built the FIRST airplane to fly in the British Empire (The Silver Dart - in Baddeck, Nova Scotia in 1909), but he also invented the Aileron - a KEY development for aircraft, as well as the Hydrofoil!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I've done videos about both of these

[@themoogle22]

My brain instantly went to Alexander Fleming.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

He was the other guy I thought of

[@coinneachmacraibeart7891]

Scots and Canadians should NOT be fighting with each other

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Brilliant episode. I keep hoping that one day you might imbibe something seriously silly and devote an episode to the two great Python Scottish poets, Ewan McTeagle and Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson. These were genius because it was Oxbridge educated Southrons making fun of the savage English attitudes towards the Scots, as they also delved into with the Saga of Angus Podgorny ("Ach, Angus, ye're a stupid man!), who conspired with the alien blanc manges to steal Wimbledon. As a greet Scottish comedian yer own good self, do ye nae think it's time to celebrate the infamous Scottish sense of humour?

[@lynnemurphy114]

💚

[@juliet298]

Alexander Fleming

[@elizabethf1591]

Aye,me too.

[@dianehepper8764]

Things haven’t changed, coming from a half Scottish and half English living in Canada

[@TaurusPrimus]

My aunt did research on the family tree comes to find out I’m related to Charles Best .

[@ericthompson3982]

I'm a MacLeod, and I understand the single mindedness. I would love to join you, Bruce, but I have things to do.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

That ironing won't do itself

[@ericthompson3982]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Correct.

[@Wee_Langside]

Fleming? Bell with all the 999/911 calls?

[@Colin32269]

We have primary school in London named after Fred Banting

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I bet you do

[@davidjones535]

I have late stage 4 Pancreatic cancer witch means I also have type 2 Diabetes as well and have to take insulin daily ,the real kick in the back side is you don't know you have Pancreatic cancer into your at the stage I'm at before hand because the symptoms don't show up to the and by that time it's to late it's only a matter of time and I found out that I have it in late 2022 .

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😟

[@hughson8333]

I live in London

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

If you want to go big start out small. Since 1920 insulin has been saving lives.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Wow did he shoot the military cook,😂😂😂 all jokes aside Fleming was awesome he just needed to forget to clean up.

[@johnstuartkeller5244]

A Scotsman shows the world how insulince works. What could make more sense?

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Bad affliction Thankfully there is insulin now❤

[@gwaptiva]

I thought this was gonna be about Lister

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I don't even watch Red Dwarf

[@gwaptiva]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Joe, not Dave, you smeggin fibber!

[@zanepetty7854]

Fleming and Borlaug

[@andypandy9013]

Whilst I agree that MacLeod has saved hundreds of millions of lives I would also point out that two other Brits, Fleming (Penicillin) and Jenner (Vaccination) have also done the same. 🙂

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Hold on! It's Scots we're doing here

[@johndooley5482]

Flemming

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Wait a minute wasn't there a Fleming who saved Winston Churchill or vice versa and fate set it's course, and I'm the only one in my family that can be prescribed penicillin because the rest are allergic to it, talk about strange 😮

[@Davefacestation]

Why does the current Lord Bruce look like AI? Bad AI too.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'll ask next time I see him

[@dippyfish]

Makes me proud to be British.🙂

[@junestewart5098]

Makes me even prouder to be Scottish 😇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@steveferry4922]

Fleming

[@PhilMacVee]

When you mentioned dogs you lost me. Why could they not experiment on humans?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

As I say I was only telling the story. I didn't vivisection the dogs

[@LimeyRedneck]

🤠 🍋‍🟩

[@TheTimelord62]

Nae sugar next you will be telling is your sweet. 😅😅

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜