Preface to the Special Centenary Edition
Foreword by Alison Li
Introduction: What Happened at Toronto?
1. A Long Prelude
2. Banting’s Idea
3. The Summer of 1921
4. "A Mysterious Something"
5. Triumph
6. "Unspeakably Wonderful"
7. Resurrection
8. Who Discovered Insulin?
9. Honouring the Prophets
10. A Continuing Epilogue
Notes
Sources
Index
Michael Bliss was a Canadian historian and a University
Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and the History of
Medicine Program at the University of Toronto. He was the author of
numerous award-winning books in business and political history as
well as the history of medicine, including popular biographies of
Sir Frederick Banting, Sir William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. He
was an Officer of the Order of Canada, an honorary fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the first
historian to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of
Fame.
Alison Li is an historian of science and medicine based
in Toronto. She is the author and editor of multiple books,
including J.B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in
Canada. Her current project, Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick
Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the
Transgender Revolution, will be published by University of North
Carolina Press.
"The definitive history ... well written, highly readable." (London Review of Books) "The Discovery of Insulin deserves a place on the bookshelf alongside such eye-openers as James Watson's The Double Helix." (Washington Post) "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)
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