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The Discovery of Insulin: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
The Discovery of Insulin Twentyfifth Anniversary Edition Author:Michael Bliss When insulin was discovered in the early 1920s, even jaded professionals marveled at how it brought starved, sometimes comatose diabetics back to life. In this now-classic study, Michael Bliss unearths a wealth of material, ranging from scientists? unpublished memoirs to the confidential appraisals of insulin by members of the Nobel Committee. H... more »e also resolves a longstanding controversy dating to the awarding of the Nobel to F. G. Banting and J. J. R. Macleod for their work on insulin: because each insisted on sharing the credit with an additional associate, medical opinion was intensely divided over the allotment of credit for the discovery. 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 it. ?The definitive history . . . well written, highly readable.??London Review of Books ?The story of insulin?s discovery ought to be a novel . . . but Michael Bliss?s splendid account is just as absorbing as any fiction.??Isis ?Bliss?s excellent account of the insulin story is a rare dissection of the anatomy of scientific discovery, and serves as a model of how rigorous historical method can correct the myths and legends sometimes perpetrated in the scientific literature.??New Republic ?Scrupulously researched and compellingly readable . . . I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone with an interest in diabetes, medical history, or medical scandal and gossip.??British Medical Journal« less