title: [Giovanni Martinotti and experimental pancreatectomy, a century ago].
abstract: On July 13th, 1888, Giovanni Martinotti (1857-1928) announced in Torino the feasibility of a total pancreatectomy in the dog. The essential details for a successful outcome of the operation, as described by Martinotti, were employed by Oscar Minkowski (1859-1931) in Strassburg for the demonstration of diabetes after total removal of pancreas in the dog, on May 22nd, 1889. Martinotti's work deserves a reevaluation in the history of diabetology.
authors.affiliation: Centro di Diabetologia Karen Bruni Böcher, Museo del Diabete, Torino.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bruni
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Barbero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blatto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000266:history; D004285:Dogs; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007558:Italy; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Giovanni Martinotti e la pancreasectomia sperimentale, un secolo fa.