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- catalog abstract ""In a brilliant, definitive history of one of the most significant and controversial medical events of modern times, [the author] brings to light a bizarre clash of scientific personoalities. When F.G. Banting and J.J.R. Macleod won the 1923 Nobel Prize for discovering and isolating insulin, Banting immediately announed 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, [the author] 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"--Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b1155828.
- catalog created "1982.".
- catalog date "1982".
- catalog date "1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1982.".
- catalog description ""In a brilliant, definitive history of one of the most significant and controversial medical events of modern times, [the author] brings to light a bizarre clash of scientific personoalities. When F.G. Banting and J.J.R. Macleod won the 1923 Nobel Prize for discovering and isolating insulin, Banting immediately announed 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, [the author] 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"--Back cover.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 283-298.".
- catalog description "Introduction: What happened at Toronto? -- 1. A long prelude -- 2. Banting's idea -- 3. The summer of 1921 -- 4. "A mysterious something" -- 5. Triumph -- 6. "Unspeakably wonderful" -- 7. Resurrection -- 8. Who discovered insulin? -- 9. Honouring the prophets -- 10. A continuing epilogue.".
- catalog description "Notes: p. 249-282.".
- catalog extent "304 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0226058972".
- catalog identifier "0226058980 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1982".
- catalog issued "1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog subject "CC3896".
- catalog subject "Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 drug therapy.".
- catalog subject "Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 history.".
- catalog subject "Diabetes Research History.".
- catalog subject "Insulin History.".
- catalog subject "Insulin history".
- catalog subject "Medicine Research History.".
- catalog subject "QP572.I5 B58 1982".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: What happened at Toronto? -- 1. A long prelude -- 2. Banting's idea -- 3. The summer of 1921 -- 4. "A mysterious something" -- 5. Triumph -- 6. "Unspeakably wonderful" -- 7. Resurrection -- 8. Who discovered insulin? -- 9. Honouring the prophets -- 10. A continuing epilogue.".
- catalog title "The discovery of insulin / Michael Bliss.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".