The Discovery of Insulin : : Special Centenary Edition / / Michael Bliss.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Bliss, Michael ,
• MitwirkendeR: Li, Alison,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Introduction --; NOTES --; Preface for the Centenary (2021) Edition --; INTRODUCTION What Happened at Toronto? --; CHAPTER ONE A Long Prelude --; CHAPTER TWO Banting's Idea --; CHAPTER THREE The Summer of 1921 --; CHAPTER FOUR "A Mysterious Something" --; CHAPTER FIVE Triumph --; CHAPTER SIX "Unspeakably Wonderful" --; CHAPTER SEVEN Resurrection --; CHAPTER EIGHT Who Discovered Insulin? --; CHAPTER NINE Honouring the Prophets --; CHAPTER TEN A Continuing Epilogue --; Notes --; Sources --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487529147; 9783110739220
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487529147
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Bliss.

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 Prize for Medicine was awarded for its discovery. In this engaging and award-winning account, historian Michael Bliss draws on archival records and personal adventures to recount the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin – a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific genius. With a new preface by Michael Bliss and a foreword by Alison Li, the special centenary edition of The Discovery of Insulin honours the one hundredth anniversary of insulin’s discovery and its continued significance a century later.