The Story of the Discovery of Insulin: The Young Doctors Collection

By Kun Yan

Would you like to know how germs were discovered? Who found the first antibiotic? Who first described blood circulation? How scientists discovered DNA, and insulin, etc.' If you are curious, then read... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420889133
• ISBN13: 9781420889130
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

There is no cure for insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes

In the description, we read, "This book is about the discovery of a cure for diabetes and insulin." Um. nope. Don't buy this book thinking you will read about a cure! Insulin is a treatment, not a cure, for diabetes. The cover art is misleading, as it appears to connect the discovery of insulin with Ancient Egypt. They may have noted that ants were attracted to the urine of diabetics but insulin wasn't discovered until 1921; used for the first time to treat a human diabetic in 1922!