Biochem history question

[Michael Witty]

Alycia,
      what kind of libraries do you have access to?  Mike.

On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Alycia wrote:

> I'm hoping someone is a biochem history buff. In the discovery of insulin,
> J. B. Collip played a large role by extracting and purifying insulin from
> fetal bovine pancreas. Initially, Banting extracted insulin simply using a
> saline solution. What I cannot find is what solution Collip initially used
> to purify insulin?
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