The Discovery of Insulin

The Discovery of Insulin [Kindle Edition]

Author: Michael Bliss | Language: English | ISBN: B00BK176NW | Format: PDF, EPUB

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The Discovery of Insulin
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In a brilliant, definitive history of one of the most significant and controversial medical events of modern times, award-winning historian Michael Bliss brings to light a bizarre clash of scientific personalities. When F. G. Banting and J. J. R. Macleod won the 1923 Nobel Prize for discovering and isolating insulin, Banting immediately announced that he was dividing his share of the prize with his young associate, C. H. Best. Macleod divided his share with a fourth member of the team, J. B. Collip. For the next sixty years medical opinion was intensely divided over the allotment of credit for the discovery of insulin. In resolving this controversy, 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 insulin.

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• File Size: 3193 KB
• Print Length: 321 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0226058999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 25 Anv edition (February 15, 2013)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00BK176NW
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,429 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

This incredibly well documented book must be the definitive story of the discovery of insulin. More exciting than any novel, Michael Bliss makes you feel as though you are in the lab with Banting and Best during the frantic summer of 1921. You can almost hear the dogs breathing, feel the excitement of the researchers and the frustration of the patients for whom obtaining the initially rare and precious substance meant the difference between life and death. The book explains the complexities, the jealousies, and the bitterness associated with the discovery, and how difficult it was (and still is) to state with certainty how important was each person's contribution. Bliss is not only a great historian, he is a wonderful story-teller too. Anyone who has diabetes, has cared for a diabetic, knows someone with diabetes or has even heard of the word "diabetes"should read this book. I read it from cover to cover on a transatlantic flight. This is the first book by Michael Bliss I have read - it won't be the last.

By Richard Edelstein

Bliss's book is a real page-turner and deserves a much wider reading. The research is solid, and he does a great job of drawing the sometimes sordid details of medical discovery and controversy. He makes an excellent point that those of us who are non-diabetics should remember--there's still no cure.

By rpmaines@compuserve.com

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