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Breakthrough

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

Breakthrough( )
Author: Cooper, Thea
Ainsberg, Arthur
ISBN:978-0-312-61174-3
Publication Date:Oct 2011
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Imprint:Saint Martin's Griffin
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $20.00
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism
Health & Fitness / Diseases & Conditions / Diabetes
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.65 x 8.25 x 0.85 Inches
Book Weight:0.71 Pounds



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