Diabetes : the biography / Robert Tattersall.

  • Tattersall, Robert, 1943-
Date:
2009
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Physical description

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The pissing evil : defining the disease -- Unravelling the role of the pancreas -- Insulin : a force of magical activity -- The dark ages -- Treating long-term complications -- Adult-onset diabetes and tablets at last -- At the laboratory bench -- The pharmaceutical era -- Diabetes becomes epidemic.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    SQD /TAT
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ISBN

  • 9780199541362
  • 0199541361