Until the day of his death, Dr. Elliot P. "EPJ" Joslin remained committed to educating diabetic patients about both their condition and how to treat it. An exceptionally committed and kind individual, EPJ has dedicated his life to helping patients live long and prosperous lives. He was the first doctor to specialize in the field of diabetes, beginning his rigorous research on diabetes care before the discovery of insulin, and starting the practice that would eventually become the Joslin Diabetes Center. Dr. Joslin's benevolent nature and personal drive to help patients led him to become one of the first researchers to note the vital role of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in the treatment and prevention of diabetes mellitus, as well as pioneering in the self-help treatment method. which to this day plays a vital role in diabetes management. Born on June 6, 1869, in Oxford, Massachusetts, EPJ had his beginnings at Harvard Medical School, where he won the Boylston Society Prize for his research on diabetes mellitus, later published in his book, The Pathology of Diabetes Mellitus. His personal interest in diabetes was sparked by his aunt Helen's diagnosis of the disease, and later his mother. Furthermore, while in his early years as a medical student, he was unexpectedly assigned a young diabetic patient who, due to his frustration with the patient's poor prognosis and lack of available treatment methods, led him to study hundreds of other diabetics. He created hundreds of written reports from diabetics detailing patient statistics, disease progression, outcomes, and other relevant information (Joslin Diabetes Center). This collection of data... half of the paper... s. Established Joslin as a world leader in diabetes (dlife). Preserving her impervious spirit, the textbook's success only made Joslin work harder to succeed. He worked endless hours “alerting other investigators, public health officials and primary care physicians to the “silent epidemic” of diabetes. His data, called his “black books” by those he worked with, served as an epidemiological record of his countless patients (Joslin Diabetes Center). He went on to publish an additional book, Diabetes Novel for the Doctor and Patient, published in 1918. Like most of his achievements, it pioneered the treatment of diabetes as we know it today. The book further helped educate patients about their condition and, like many of its successes, began the workings of what would now be known as the self-help movement..