Russell Morse Wilder

Russell Morse Wilder
BornNovember 24, 1885
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedDecember 16, 1959
Rochester, Minnesota
OccupationPhysician

Russell Morse Wilder Sr. (November 24, 1885 – December 16, 1959)[1] was an American physician, diabetologist, epileptologist, and medical researcher, known as one of the originators of the ketogenic ("classic keto") diet as a therapy for both epilepsy[2][3] and diabetes.[4][5] He coined the term "ketogenic diet."[2] He was also among the first American physicians to use insulin for patients with diabetes.[5]

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  3. ^ Höhn, Sophie; Dozières-Puyravel, Blandine; Auvin, Stéphane (2019). "History of dietary treatment from Wilder's hypothesis to the first open studies in the 1920s". Epilepsy & Behavior. 101 (Pt A): 106588. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.106588. PMID 31677579. S2CID 204963505.
  4. ^ Macleod, John James Rickard; Campbell, Walter Ruggles (1925). Insulin: Its Use in the Treatment of Diabetes. Williams & Wilkins. p. 124.
  5. ^ a b "A Line in the Sand – Mayo Clinic's role in insulin research". Discovery's Edge, Mayo Clinic's Research Magazine. March 2015.