Bookvolume editors, Viktor Jörgens, Massimo Porta.
Summary: "This book provides information about previously neglected or unknown aspects of the history of diabetes research. Although not written by historians, nor meant to cover all aspects, it highlights important milestones in diabetology, such as the discovery of pancreatic diabetes in 1888, the discovery of life-saving insulin in 1922, and the story of how diabetologists came to accept that diabetics could learn to self-monitor and adjust their insulin dosage themselves"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Diabetes in Ancient Times : The Long and Winding Road to Insulin / Porta, M.
Claude Bernard Invented Metabolic Research / Jörgens, V.
Paul Langerhans : The Man Who Discovered the Islets / Jörgens, V.
Apollinaire Bouchardat Invented Patient Education / Jörgens, V.
Oskar Minkowski and the Discovery of Pancreatic Diabetes / Jörgens, V.
Allen and Joslin and the Starvation Treatment of Diabetes / Mazur, A.
They Got Very Near the Goal : Zülzer, Scott, and Paulescu / Jörgens, V.
First among Equals : Macleod, Banting, and the Discovery of Insulin in Toronto / McHardy, K.; Petrie J.R.
The True Banting and Best Story : The Priority Rule and the Discovery of the Antidiabetic Hormone / de Leiva-Hidalgo, A.; Brugués, E.; de Leiva-Pérez, A.
Starting Insulin Therapy in Europe : The Early Days / Czupryniak, L.
Historical Development of Oral Antidiabetic Agents : The Era of Fortuitous Discovery / Lebovitz, H.E.; Bonhomme, Y.
Josef von Mering : The Baron Who Discovered SGLT Inhibition / Jörgens, V.
Metformin : From a Stepchild to the Crown Prince / Mehnert, H.
The Rise and Fall of the Glitazones / Gale, E.
Dr. R.D. Lawrence : His Contribution to Diabetology / Lawrence, J.
Diabetes Control Can Avoid Complications : The Pioneering Work of Jean Pirart / Lefèbvre, P.J.
Together We Are Stronger : The ADA and EASD / Jörgens, V.; Grüsser, M.
The Discovery of Glucagon and Glucagon-Related Peptides / Lefèbvre, P.J.
History of the Treatment of Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Alberti, K.G.M.M.
Milestones in the History of the Metabolic Management of Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy / de Leiva-Pérez, A.; Brugués, E.; de Leiva-Hidalgo, A.
Saving Sight : A History of Diabetic Eye Disease / Porta, M.; Klein, R.; Klein B.E.K.; Kohner, E.M.
The History of Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy / Parving, H.-H.; Rossing, P.
A History of Patient Education for People with Diabetes : A Very Personal View / Jörgens, V.
Psycho-Social Issues in Diabetes : A Posthumous Contribution by Bruno Bruni and Pierluigi Barbero / Gamba, S.; Porta, M.
How Technology Improved Care : Troves of the Diabetes Museum in Turin / Gamba, S.; Porta, M.
Three and a Half Thousand Years of Diabetes Research / Porta, M.; Jörgens, V.