J.B. Collip and the development of medical research in Canada : extracts and enterprise / Alison Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Alison, 1963-

Series:

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 16.

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collip, J. B. (James Bertram), 1892-1965.

Collip, J. B.

Medical scientists--Canada--Biography.

Medical scientists.

Medicine--Research--Canada--History.

Medicine.

Biochemistry--Research--Canada--History.

Biochemistry.

Endocrinology--Research--Canada--History.

Endocrinology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 244 page ): illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early years of the twentieth century medical research in Canada was the job of a select few. By mid-century it had grown into a systematic, large-scale venture that involved teams of professional scientists and dozens of laboratories in universities, government, and industry. J.B. Collip - skilled both as a bench scientist and an entrepreneur - played a leading role in this transformation. In J.B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in Canada Alison Li details how Collip leapt into prominence in 1921-22 as part of the team at the University of Toronto that isolated insulin. When the Nobel Prize was awarded to Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod in 1923, Banting announced he was sharing his award with Charles Best; Macleod in turn announced he was sharing his award with Collip. Collip was known for his remarkable skills in making hormone extracts, many of which proved to have therapeutic, and therefore commercial, value. At McGill University in the 1930s he headed a thriving research group that carried out investigations of the pituitary and sex hormones, including development of one of the first orally active estrogen products. Collip's story sheds light on early negotiations between academic science and the pharmaceutical industry and on the complexities of sustaining a research laboratory before the rise of government funding. As the head of the National Research Council's medical research division during its formative years, Collip helped shape the foundations of organized support for medical research in Canada.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Research Ideal, 1892–1920

The Discovery of Insulin, 1921–1922

The Parathyroid Hormone Controversy, 1923–1927: A Question of Priority

Rebuilding Medicine at McGill, 1928–1933

The Great Years, 1934–1941

The Private Funding of Research, 1928–1947: Patents, Grants, and Institutes

The Rise of Public Funding, 1938–1968: Medical Research on a National Level

Dean of Medicine, 1947–1965

Conclusion: The Transformation of the Research Enterprise

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86148-4

9786612861482

0-7735-7145-0

OCLC:

929120912