The Discovery of Insulin
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Michael Bliss's 'The Discovery of Insulin' is a detailed historical account of the scientific, personal, and institutional story behind the isolation of insulin in the early 1920s.
Bliss reconstructs the work of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, J.B.
Collip and J.J. R.
MacLeod, drawing on notebooks, interviews and archival material to examine the experiments and controversies.
He places the discovery within its scientific and social context, exploring ethical issues, commercialization, and the rapid clinical adoption of insulin.
Bliss also analyses the personalities involved and debates over credit and recognition, including Nobel Prize disputes.
The book is regarded as the authoritative narrative on how insulin was discovered and its immediate aftermath.
Bliss reconstructs the work of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, J.B.
Collip and J.J. R.
MacLeod, drawing on notebooks, interviews and archival material to examine the experiments and controversies.
He places the discovery within its scientific and social context, exploring ethical issues, commercialization, and the rapid clinical adoption of insulin.
Bliss also analyses the personalities involved and debates over credit and recognition, including Nobel Prize disputes.
The book is regarded as the authoritative narrative on how insulin was discovered and its immediate aftermath.
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