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

It is 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans...
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Author: Thea Cooper
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Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle by Cooper, Thea

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

$40.75

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

$40.75
Author: Thea Cooper
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

Relive the heartwarming true story of the discovery of insulin as it's never been told before. Written with authentic detail and suspense, and featuring walk-ons by William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Eli Lilly himself, among many others.

Author: Thea Cooper, Arthur Ainsberg
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 10/25/2011
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.31h x 5.56w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780312611743

About the Author

THEA COOPER is an author, playwright, editor and teacher. ARTHUR AINSBERG is an author and financial industry veteran whose successful battle with Hodgkin's disease sparked his interest in medical history.


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