Takeya Hiroshi
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He was the second professor
Professor
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of internal medicine section of Kyushu University
Kyushu University
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.
In 1923, he firstly introduced the insulin suppression
Insulin
Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....
in diabetical regimen in Japan.
Works
- 武谷 廣, 遠山 郁三1934『黴毒の診斷と治療』 診断と治療社(written in Japanese.)
- 武谷広, 勝木司馬之1940『黴毒ニ因スル神經系統疾患』(大日本内科全書 ; 第12巻, 第2冊 .神經系及運動器疾患 ; 第4編) (written in Japanese.)