TY - BOOK AU - Furdell,Elizabeth Lane ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Fatal thirst: diabetes in Britain until insulin T2 - History of science and medicine library, AV - RC660 .F87 2009eb U1 - 362.196/46200941 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Diabetes KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10349138 ER -