Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the discovery of insulin, and the making of a medical miracle /

Cooper, Thea,

Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the discovery of insulin, and the making of a medical miracle / Thea Cooper and Arthur Ainsberg. - First edition - viii, 306 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Written with authentic detail and suspense, and featuring walk-ons by William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Eli Lilly himself, among many others, "Breakthrough" relives the heartwarming true story of the discovery of insulin.

9780312648701 0312648707

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Gossett, Elizabeth Hughes, 1907-1981 --Health.


Insulin--History.
Diabetes--Treatment--History.

QP572.I5 / C66 2010

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