Fatal thirst: diabetes in Britain until insulin
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1. Verfasser: Furdell, Elizabeth Lane 1944- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
Schriftenreihe:History of science and medicine library 9
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-190) and index
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
Although medieval doctors knew of the disorder called diabetes, the disease they treated was rare and largely confined to young sufferers. This title examines the history of diabetes in Britain focusing on medieval treatments, Renaissance-era diabetology, and the centuries-long debate among specialists over the site and cure of the disease
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 194 S.)
ISBN:9789047425977
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DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004172500.i-195

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