Editing Frederick Banting (section)

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[[File:TIMEMagazine27Aug1923.jpg|thumb|''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' cover, August 27, 1923]]
Banting was appointed Senior Demonstrator in Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1922. Next year he was elected to the new Banting and Best Chair of Medical Research, endowed by the Legislature of the province of Ontario. He also served as Honorary Consulting Physician to the Toronto General, the Hospital for Sick Children, and the Toronto Western Hospital. At the [[Banting and Best Department of Medical Research|Banting and Best Institute]], he focused his research on [[silicosis]], cancer, and the mechanisms of drowning.

In 1938, Banting's interest in aviation medicine resulted in his participation with the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] (RCAF) in research concerning the physiological problems encountered by pilots operating high-altitude combat aircraft. Banting headed the RCAF's Number 1 Clinical Investigation Unit (CIU), which was housed in a secret facility on the grounds of the former [[Toronto Hunt Club|Eglinton Hunt Club]] in Toronto.<ref>Canadian Space Agency. [http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/osm_aviation.asp#WWII Canada's Aerospace Medicine Pioneers – World War II Jump-Starts Aviation Medicine in Canada]. Retrieved January 3, 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013054109/http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/osm_aviation.asp#WWII |date=October 13, 2014}}</ref>

During the Second World War he investigated the problems of aviators, such as "blackout" ([[Syncope (medicine)|syncope]]).<ref name="Nobel"/> He also helped Wilbur Franks with the invention of the [[G-suit]] to stop pilots from blacking out when they were subjected to [[g-force]]s while turning or diving.{{Sfn|Bliss|1992|p=255}} Another of Banting's projects during the Second World War involved using and treating mustard gas burns. Banting even tested the gas and antidotes on himself to see if they were effective.{{Sfn|Bliss|1992|p=256}}