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

Show other versions (1)

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clowes, Alexander W., 1946-2015 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Clowes, G. H. A. > (George Henry Alexander), > 1877-1958.
Clowes, G. H. A > (George Henry Alexander), > 1877-1958
Eli Lilly and Company
Celebrities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Philanthropy & Charity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Administrative Personnel > United States > Biography.
Celebrities > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

Similar Items