History of the Pancreas: Mysteries of a Hidden Organ

by John M. Howard and Walter Rudolf Hess

Book Overview

Never before has a comprehensive history of the pancreas like History of the Pancreas been published. It not only is a historical review of the science of medicine, it is liberally interspersed with anecdotal vignettes of the researchers who have worked on this organ. Much of it, such as the discovery of the duct of Wirs ng, of the islets of Langerhans, of insulin, gastrin and their tumors, reads like the adverture, which it is.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461351308
• ISBN13: 9781461351306
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 729 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"