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The Doc and the Duchess : The Life and Legacy of George H. A. Clowes /

George Henry Alexander Clowes was a pivotal figure in the development of the insulin program at the Eli Lilly Company. Through his leadership, scientists and clinicians at Lilly and the University of Toronto created a unique, international team to develop and purify insulin and take the production o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clowes, Alexander W., 1946-2015 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Growing up in Victorian England
  • The search for a cure of cancer
  • Edith Whitehill Hinkel
  • Alec and Edith
  • 1914 : the end of an era
  • In the borderline fields of medicine
  • Lilly and the insulin story
  • From small- to large-scale production of insulin
  • Expansion of research programs
  • Woods Hole, MBL, and the pursuit of cancer
  • The duchess, the doc, and the boys
  • Alec and Edith : Indianapolis benefactors
  • A legacy : in others' eyes.