Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness by Chris Feudtner

Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness

Chris Feudtner

320 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction health history science challenging informative slow-paced

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One of medicine's most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. The drug produced astonishing results, rescuing children and adults from the deadly grip of diabetes. But as Chris Feudtner demonstrates, the subsequent t...

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