Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Can J Health Hist. 2023 Sep;40(2):394-429. doi: 10.3138/cjhh.616-102022. Epub 2023 Jul 24.
On 7 November 1923, when J.J.R. Macleod announced that he would split his half of the Nobel Prize with J.B. Collip, following F.G. Banting splitting his half of the prize with C.H. Best, a reporter asked Macleod to assess his share in the discovery of insulin. "Oh, I was only the impresario - the managing director," he replied. Whether Macleod deserved the recognition with Banting of the Nobel Committee for the discovery of insulin, it is certainly clear that the discovery, and especially its efficient development into a remarkably effective diabetes treatment, would not have happened without Macleod's knowledge and laboratory research experience. Nor would it have happened without his leadership and, especially, without his acumen as the managing director, or impresario, of the insulin enterprise.
1923 年 11 月 7 日，当 J.J.R.麦克劳德宣布他将与 J.B.科利尔分享他获得的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的一半奖金时，继 F.G.班廷与 C.H.贝斯特分享他获得的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的一半奖金之后，一位记者要求麦克劳德评价他在胰岛素发现中的贡献。“哦，我只是一个经理人——总经理，”他回答说。无论麦克劳德是否应与班廷一起获得诺贝尔委员会对胰岛素发现的认可，有一点是肯定的，如果没有麦克劳德的知识和实验室研究经验，胰岛素的发现，尤其是其被高效地开发成一种非常有效的糖尿病治疗方法，是不可能发生的。如果没有他的领导，特别是作为胰岛素企业的总经理或经理人的敏锐，这件事也不会发生。
