Description: Further DetailsTitle: BreakthroughCondition: NewSubtitle: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical MiracleISBN-10: 0312611749EAN: 9780312611743ISBN: 9780312611743Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Format: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/25/2011Description: 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 - a miracle soon marred by scientific jealousy, intense business competition and fistfights. In a race against time and a ravaging disease, Elizabeth becomes one of the first diabetics to receive insulin injections - all while its discoverers and a little known pharmaceutical company struggle to make it available to the rest of the world.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Thea Cooper, Arthur AinsbergGenre: MedicineRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Breakthrough
Title: Breakthrough
Subtitle: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a M
ISBN-10: 0312611749
EAN: 9780312611743
ISBN: 9780312611743
Release Date: 10/25/2011
Release Year: 2011
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Medicine
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Diseases / Diabetes, United States / 20th Century, Endocrinology & Metabolism, History
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Thea Cooper, Arthur Ainsberg
Subject Area: Health & Fitness, Medical, History
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
