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The discovery of insulin, Michael Bliss ; with a new preface

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The discovery of insulin, Michael Bliss ; with a new preface

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-298) and index

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contains biographical information

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illustrations

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

The discovery of insulin

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bibliography

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74987867

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Michael Bliss ; with a new preface

Summary

When insulin was discovered in the early 1920s, even jaded professionals marveled at how it brought starved, sometimes comatose diabetics back to life. In this study, Michael Bliss unearths a wealth of material, ranging from scientists' unpublished memoirs to the confidential appraisals of insulin by members of the Nobel Committee. He also resolves a longstanding controversy dating to the awarding of the Nobel to F.G. Banting and J.J.R. Macleod for their work on insulin: because each insisted on sharing the credit with an additional associate, medical opinion was intensely divided over the allotment of credit for the discovery. Bliss also offers a wealth of new detail on such subjects as the treatment of diabetes before insulin and the life-and-death struggle to manufacture it

Table Of Contents

Introduction: What happened at Toronto? -- A long prelude -- Banting's idea -- The summer of 1921 -- "A mysterious something" -- Triumph -- "Unspeakably wonderful" -- Resurrection -- Who discovered insulin? -- Honoring the prophets -- A continuing epilogue

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