Elizabeth Hughes Gossett

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Elizabeth Evans Hughes Gossett (August 19, 1907 – April 21, 1981), the daughter of statesman Charles Evans Hughes, was the first American, and one of the first people in the world, treated with insulin for type 1 diabetes. She received over 42,000 insulin shots over her lifetime.

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