Sulfonylureas stimulate the beta cells of the pancreas to release more insulin. Sulfonylurea drugs have been in use since the 1950s. Chlorpropamide (Diabinese) is the only first-generation sulfonylurea still in use today. The second generation sulfonylureas are used in smaller doses than the first-generation drugs.
Robert Woofendale was one of the first men to practice dentistry full time in the States â for most it was a side profession intended to bring in a little money here and there. John Baker was a dentist in Boston who, based on entries from George Washingtonâs ledger book, did some dental work for the first president.
William Withering FRS (17 March 1741 â 6 October 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis.1  1 Introduction.e is also remembered by one of the Moonstones in Birmingham and by a blue plaque at Edgbaston Golf Club. In July 2011 a J D Wetherspoon public house opened in Withering's birthplace, Wellington, and has been named after him.