| Description |
xii, 194 p. |
| Series |
History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 9 |
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-190) and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Diabetes -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004172500 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004172505 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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