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Charles Elmer Cowan

Birth	:	17 Jun 1868 Iowa, USA
Death	:	10 Feb 1958 Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
Burial	:	Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, USA
Coordinate	:	33.9016991, -117.9167023
Plot	:	East Lawn
Description	:	Mother's maiden name - Farnsworth One of the first patients to be successfully treated for diabetes. Early clinical use of pancreatic extracts (1921–1923) Dr. Sansum had under his care 7 diabetic patients beyond hope of survival. The second patient to receive insulin in USA was Charles E. Cowan, a 51 year old patient from Anaheim with severe diabetes developed in 1918, following a bad case of Spanish influenza. His physician was Dr. William David Sansum of the Potter Metabolic Clinic in Santa Barbara, California. Cowan was injected on May 31, 1922, with three cubic centimetres of... Read More	Mother's maiden name - Farnsworth One of the first patients to be successfully treated for diabetes. Early clinical use of pancreatic extracts (1921–1923) Dr. Sansum had under his care 7 diabetic patients beyond hope of survival. The second patient to receive insulin in USA was Charles E. Cowan, a 51 year old patient from Anaheim with severe diabetes developed in 1918, following a bad case of Spanish influenza. His physician was Dr. William David Sansum of the Potter Metabolic Clinic in Santa Barbara, California. Cowan was injected on May 31, 1922, with three cubic centimetres of a potent pancreatic extract, developed by the Potter group (Santa Barbara insulin), just ten days after the Canadian-made insulin was administered to James Haven at the office of his physician, Dr. John R. Williams in Rochester. Cowan had been already hospitalized in Santa Barbara for 6 months, treated with an 850-calorie diet; his weight was 95 pounds (43 Kg). On the third day after the first dose, glycosuria became negative. One year after the first injection, Cowan’s weight was 125 pounds (57 Kg), and he maintained a diet with 2,400 calories. Cowan continued on insulin for the remaining 39 years of his life. For many years, his insulin treatment was kept steady at 40 units of U-80 NPH insulin before breakfast, and, occasionally, 5 units of regular insulin before one of the meals. He was 90 years old when he died at Anaheim on February 10, 1958; he did not suffer retinal disease, kidney failure, neuropathy, hypertension or ischemic foot.

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Where is Charles Elmer Cowan's memorial?
Charles Elmer Cowan's memorial is located at: Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, USA.
When did Charles Elmer Cowan death?
Charles Elmer Cowan death on 10 Feb 1958 in Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA
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Latitude: 33.9016991
Longitude: -117.9167023

Family Members:

Parent

Emeline Farnsworth Cowan

(1836 - 1883)

Spouse

Nora Edna Mitchell Cowan

(1872 - 1967)

Siblings

William Franklin “Frank” Cowan

(1859 - 1907)

Children

Clyde Leonard Cowan

(1893 - 1894)

Vera Florence Cowan

(1895 - 1976)

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