02041nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10349138 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080903s2009 ne sb 001 0 eng 2008038914 101483164 DNLM 9789004172500 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004172505 (hardback : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)586143153 e-uk--- RC660 .F87 2009eb 362.196/46200941 22 Furdell, Elizabeth Lane. Fatal thirst [electronic resource] : diabetes in Britain until insulin / by Elizabeth Lane Furdell. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. xii, 194 p. History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Diabetes Great Britain History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. History of science and medicine library ; v. 9. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10349138 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 29696 29696