Fatal thirst diabetes in Britain until insulin / by Elizabeth Lane Furdell.
| Author/creator | Furdell, Elizabeth Lane |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | xii, 194 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 9 History of science and medicine library ; v. 9. ^A788057 |
| Contents | Introduction : the "biography" of a disease and its sufferers -- The early history of diabetes from classical times to the Renaissance : diagnoses and descriptions -- Renaissance diabetics and their doctors : changing treatments for revolutionary times -- Early modern medicine in print and diabetes : published advice and imagery -- Diabetes and seventeenth-century medical controversy -- Reconstructing diabetic life in early modern England -- Diabetic specialists and their patients in the long nineteenth century : competition for a cure -- After insulin : the lingering effects of an incurable disease. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-190) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008038914 |
| ISBN | 9789004172500 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004172505 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 2889961 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |