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Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the discovery of insulin, and the making of a medical miracle / Thea Cooper and Arthur Ainsberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Thea.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insulin--History.
- Insulin.
- Gossett, Elizabeth Hughes, 1907-1981--Health.
- Gossett, Elizabeth Hughes.
- Gossett, Elizabeth Hughes, 1907-1981.
- Health.
- Diabetes--Treatment--History.
- Diabetes.
- Diabetes--Treatment.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780312648701
- 0312648707
- OCLC:
- 526077082
- Publisher Number:
- 99939891349
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