Diabetes : the biography / Robert Tattersall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tattersall, Robert, 1943-

Series:

Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)

Biographies of disease

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diabetes--History.

Diabetes.

Diabetes Mellitus--history.

History, Modern 1601-.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Diabetes Mellitus--history.

History, Modern 1601-.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Diabetes is a familiar disease and many perceive it now as almost mundane-an easily manageable condition since the discovery of insulin. But for many sufferers the experience is rather different-diabetes is a chronic disease that can affect almost every organ in the body. And while insulin treatment has prevented early death in some forms of the disease, it has not fulfilled early expectations. Robert Tattersall's account shows how pernicious the condition can be, and tells of the efforts to understand and manage it over the centuries, across the world.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199541362

0199541361

OCLC:

407007608