The Discovery of Insulin: Special Centenary Edition - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael Bliss, Alison Li (Foreword by)Publish date:2021-09-30Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781487529130ISBN-10:1487529139UPC:9781487529130Book Category:Medical, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:History, Diseases & Conditions, PharmacologyBook Topic:DiabetesSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCFPZKNB1E
The Discovery of Insulin: Special Centenary Edition
The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921-2 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin, discovered by the Canadian research team of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, and John Macleod, was a wonder drug with the ability to bring diabetes patients back from the brink of death. It was no surprise that in 1923 the Nobel...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9781487529130ISBN-10:1487529139UPC:9781487529130Book Category:Medical, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:History, Diseases & Conditions, PharmacologyBook Topic:DiabetesSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCFPZKNB1E
Michael Bliss was a Canadian historian and a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and the History of Medicine Program at the University of Toronto. He was the author of numerous award-winning books in business and political history as well as the history of medicine, including popular biographies of Sir Frederick Banting, Sir William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. He was an...
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