Book ID: CBB349781427

Pissing Evil: A Comprehensive History of Diabetes Mellitus (2017)

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The most authoritative and comprehensive book on the subject, written by the author of OUP’s Diabetes: The Bibliography. It is the book that Professor Tattersall has always wanted to write. It chronicles the fascinating and gruelling history of diabetes mellitus over 3000 years, and bears the title he insisted on - the "Pissing Evil" - as the disease was called in the 17th century. ​ Both scholarly and engrossing, this rich social and medical history stands as a tribute to the countless people who suffered over the millennia, those who tried to help them, and those who stood helplessly by for so long. It holds nothing back on the role of the pharmaceutical industry, the controversies, conspiracies, false summits and breakthroughs during the 20th century.

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Review Stuart Bradwel (2019) Review of "Pissing Evil: A Comprehensive History of Diabetes Mellitus". Social History of Medicine (pp. 652-654). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sinding, Christiane
Rutty, Christopher J.
Furdell, Elizabeth Lane
Kais Elleuche
Skander Elleuche
Armstrong-Hough, Mari
Concepts
Diabetes
Medicine
Disease and diseases
Insulin
Pharmaceutical industry
Nutrition; dietetics
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Renaissance
Medieval
Ancient
20th century, late
Places
United States
Great Britain
Canada
India
Baja California
Japan
Institutions
Connaught Laboratories (Canada)
University of Toronto
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