Discovery of Insulin

Michael Bliss was a Canadian historian and a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and the History of Medicine Program at the University of Toronto. He was the author of numerous award-winning books in business and political history as well as the history of medicine, including popular biographies of Sir Frederick Banting, Sir William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. He was an Officer of the Order of Canada, an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the first historian to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.Alison Li is an historian of science and medicine based in Toronto. She is the author and editor of multiple books, including J.B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in Canada. Her current project, Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution, will be published by University of North Carolina Press.

"The definitive history ... well written, highly readable."(London Review of Books) "The Discovery of Insulin deserves a place on the bookshelf alongside such eye-openers as James Watson's The Double Helix."(Washington Post) "Scrupulously researched and compellingly readable ... I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone with an interest in diabetes, medical history, or medical scandal and gossip."(British Medical Journal)

• Preface to the Special Centenary Edition Foreword by Alison Li Introduction: What Happened at Toronto?1. A Long Prelude2. Banting’s Idea3. The Summer of 19214. "A Mysterious Something"5. Triumph6. "Unspeakably Wonderful"7. Resurrection8. Who Discovered Insulin?9. Honouring the Prophets10. A Continuing EpilogueNotesSourcesIndex