Selected results of experiments performed by Banting et al., (1922), testing whether insulin reduces blood sugar. Insulin was administered in rabbits and blood sugar was measured within three hours. Data collated from Table 1 and Table 2 of Banting et al., (1922). This data set is in long format. insulin.wide is an equivalent data set in wide format.
insulin
A data frame with 104 observations and 5 variables.
sugar
Measured blood sugar level
treatment
Blood sugar measurements treatment group; before
or after
administering insulin
id
Identifier of individual being measured (not in original data set)
experimenter_time
Initial of researchers who performed the experiment and at what date
time
Time of blood sugar measurement; minutes after administration of insulin
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