Dogged By Controversy

Diabetic dogs received
Injections made from pancreatic
Aqueous extract of cattle
And from symptoms were reprieved.
Though they must have been relieved,
Their net gain, overall, was static,
Drafted as they were for battle
And for Science’s sake deceived.

As it happened, protests loud
And long ensued, but not from PETA:
Nicolae Paulescu’s racist
Views turned off the Nobel crowd.
Two Canadians–McLeod
And Banting–managed to repeat a
Lot of N.P.’s work, the basis
Of their Nobel, they allowed.

Credit should be jointly shared
By all concerned, since all were cogs
In that Great Med Machine. Who dared
Contribute most of all? The dogs.