Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle

by Arthur Ainsberg, Thea Cooper, Arthur Reuben Cooper

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It is 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a death sentence. The only accepted form of treatment - starvation - whittles her down to forty-five pounds skin and bones. Miles away, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best manage to identify and purify insulin from animal pancreases...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0312648707

ISBN13:9780312648701

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Length:306 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.6" x 9.7"

Related Subjects

20th Century Americas Canada Diabetes Diseases & Physical Ailments Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Medical Medical Books Special Topics Textbooks

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