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Insulin : a hundred-year history
Bradwel, Stuart2023
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In 1922, an unlikely team of researchers in Toronto made one of the most important medical breakthroughs of the century: insulin. Their discovery seemed miraculous. When it was given to diabetic patients on the brink of death, their condition rapidly improved. Those present could barely believe their eyes: they had witnessed resurrection.
Main title:
Insulin : a hundred-year history / Stuart Bradwel.
Author:
Bradwel, Stuart, author
Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity, 2023.©2023
Collation:
xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: What is Insulin and Why Does it Matter?1: Toronto, 1921-19232: Insulin in Practice, 1922-19783: 'Intensification', 1976-19934: Subjectivity, Paternalism, Neoliberalism, 1993-20025: The Insulin Crisis, 2002-presentConclusion: Insulin for All?
ISBN:
9781509550722 (hardback)
Dewey class:
615.365 BRA615.365
Language:
English
BRN:
82971
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