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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the Discovery of Insulin problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Breakthrough by Thea Cooper. Arthur Ainsberg. It is and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a death sentence. The only accepted form of treatment - starvation - whittles her down to forty-five pounds skin and bones. Miles away, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting It is and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Miles away, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best manage to identify and purify insulin from animal pancreases - a miracle soon marred by scientific jealousy, intense business competition and fistfights. In a race against time and a ravaging disease, Elizabeth becomes one of the first diabetics to receive insulin injections - all while its discoverers and a little known pharmaceutical company struggle to make it available to the rest of the world. Relive the heartwarming true story of the discovery of insulin as it's never been told before. Written with authentic detail and suspense, and featuring walk-ons by William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Eli Lilly himself, among many others. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Other Editions 6. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Breakthroughplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. And the Making of a Medical Miracle details. More filters. Sort order. Oct 11, Lisa rated it it was amazing Shelves: the Discovery of Insulinnonfictionscience. I realize that I might be the only one interested in reading this book about the discovery of insulin, but if you've ever known or know someone who needs to take insulin to stay alive, this book is Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes The authors follow the scientists who discovered how to extract, use and distribute insulin, and also weave the story of a girl with diabetes and an influential mother and father. I often thank God for those who contributed to the discovery of insulin and all the tools that go along with I realize that I might be the only one interested in reading this book about the discovery of insulin, but if you've ever known or know someone who needs to take insulin to stay alive, this book is fascinating! I often thank God for those who contributed to the discovery of insulin and all the tools that go along and the Making of a Medical Miracle managing diabetes, but now I have names for my prayers. Here's an amazing factoid: before the discovery and use of insulin, patients followed a calorie DAILY diet. Only calories!! Even with that, their life was only extended for 1 year. I'm in the Discovery of Insulin 28th year! I don't often do this, but I'm going to share a passage from the book that touched me and made me cry the heaving kind of messy cry. I hope I don't get in trouble for quoting some of this dialogue. This and the Making of a Medical Miracle a dialogue between the man who created insulin, Dr. Fredrick Banting and Elizabeth Hughes before she receives her first insulin injection: Dr. Banting: "The only question I have is when would you like to start getting better," he said. Elizabeth could see now that it was a kind of the Discovery of Insulin and that there was nothing inside but two small brown glass vials. She watched him closely. He swabbed her thigh with alcohol. She watched him fill the syringe. Just before he injected her he asked, "will you promise me one thing, Miss Elizabeth Hughes? Will you promise me that if you get well - when you get well - you will grow up to be whoever and whatever you want to be and you won't let anyone persuade you to do or be something or someone else? Or perhaps she had caught a glimpse of a profound loneliness behind his eyes. In any case she nodded solemnly, just before the needle pierced her meager hip. She flinched but did not look away the Discovery of Insulin Banting squeezed the plunger, pressing the murky beige extract into her flesh. Neither Banting nor Elizabeth spoke. Then Banting turned away to discard the empty vial. He placed the vial the Discovery of Insulin in her palm. She closed her fingers around it. I need a tissue View 2 comments. The low rating I gave to this book is due to the authors use of fictionalized episodes in the the Discovery of Insulin. The authors disclose this practice, so there is no deception, and I and the Making of a Medical Miracle that it does Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes the story-telling flow better than admitting that the authors had to hypothesize what had happened. But I think it is a dubious procedure in a non-fiction book and should be avoided. Breakthrough is about the discovery of a practical way of providing diabetics with insulin in the s. Elizabeth Hughes Go The low rating I gave to this book is due to the authors use of fictionalized episodes in the text. Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, daughter of Supreme And the Making of a Medical Miracle Justice, New York governor, and Secretary of State Charles Hughes was one of the first patients to recieve this treatment when it first became available. Elizabeth had been diagonised at having diabetes at age Before recieving insulin, Elizabeth had been on a starvation diet about calories per day for several years to keep her alive; she survived on this regime for years, much longer than expected. This diet had been developed by Dr. Frederick M. Allen, who ran Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes sanitarium in New Jersey were Elizabeth receieved some of her treatment. Several medical doctors and scientists in Canada, working at the University of toronto, developed a way of isolating insulin from animal pancreatic tissue. This development was marred by a good deal of conflict among those involved. Frederick Banting, a surgeon, seems to be the member of the Canadian group who the Discovery of Insulin of a surgical and the Making of a Medical Miracle to collect insulin, though he was unaware the idea had been suggested before. Banting, however, got it to work in dogs and also, from his farming background, realized that slaughterhouses for cattle could often provide fetal calves which would be an excellent source of insulin, as the calves would not have Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes secreting another enzyme that would have destroyed insulin. Macleod at the University of Toronto provided support and lab space to the unknown Banting. MacLoed also got an undergraduate in biochemistry, charles Best, to work with Banting Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes the project; Best made important contributions and from his subsequent career must have been a skillful scientist. Bertram Collip, a professor of biochemistry from the University of Alberta, who was on a fellowship at the University of Toronto at the time, made important contributions in purifying the extract. Banting and Macleod were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize inbut as they were not on speaking terms by then they did not attend the ceremony in Stockholm. The Eli Lilly company in Indianopolis was crucial in scaling up the procedure and commercializing it. Insulin was one of the earlier examples of academic researchers and a pharmaceutical company working together, with all the patent and intellectual property issues that such collaborations bring up. Among the fictionalized episodes was the dramatic nightime removal of Elizabeth, by her mother Antoinette, from the sanitarium run by Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes Allen and subsequent transporation to Ontario for insulin treatment, and the means by which Elizabeth was jumped to the head of the line for insulin treatment when that was still experimental, supplies of insulin were very low, and numerous other parents was clamoring for the same favoritism. View 1 comment. Dec 08, Maureen Mahowald rated it liked it. As a mother of two Type 1 diabetics this book was a chilling reminder of how recently insulin was discovered. Less than years ago. Prior to its discovery the Discovery of Insulin diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes was a death sentence. This book provides an interesting historical narrative of the discovery and the dramatic personalities who, by chance, combined to discover a treatment which continues to save millions of lives every day. Jul 23, Brandi D'angelo rated it really liked it. This quote kind of sums up the blood, sweat and tears this man, and many others working with him, put into the discovery and production of insulin in Toronto, Canada Breakthrough is an amazing story… a miraculous story really. It follows two parallel lives, one of Elizabeth Hughes who was diagnosed with diabetes at age 12, which at that time was a death sentence, and that of Frederick Banting, who would discover a treatment that allowed Elizabeth to live to the age of The authors do a Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes job of describing the relentless tenacity that these researches had to overcome all the odds and obstacles they the Discovery of Insulin. There were repeated failures, losses and setbacks. You finish the book with a real appreciation for not only the process of discovery, but of all the work it takes from the discovery phase to mass production of a drug or treatment.

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They were gathered to acknowledge the passing of and pay tribute to the remarkable life of a seventy-four-year-old woman who had died three days before. Her name was Elizabeth Hughes Gossett. Although most of the mourners would likely claim to have known Elizabeth well, only a few people in the church knew just how remarkable her life really was. Lowell Eklund, dean of continuing education at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, rose to the pulpit to deliver Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes eulogy. It was this spirit, he said, that had led her to play an important role in the founding of Oakland University in Did Eklund know that the circumstances of her early life had forced her to pursue her education as a self-directed and largely solitary endeavor? Sitting in the front Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes with his smooth, clean hands folded in his lap was William T. Gossett, to whom Elizabeth had been married for fifty years, a former member of the church vestry. Around him were seated their three children, Antoinette, William, and Elizabeth, and next to them were their spouses, Basil, Mary, and Fred, respectively. Also seated the Discovery of Insulin front were the eight grandchildren, the eldest of whom was David Wemyss Denning, son of Antoinette and Basil. In he was a twenty-four-year-old medical student. Dappled light, steeped in the rich jewel tones of the towering east window, played over the heads of the family like the lightest touch from an invisible hand. InElizabeth Hughes was among the first children to receive an experimental pancreatic extract called insulin. By the time of her death, she had received some 42, insulin injections over fifty-eight years, probably more than anyone on earth at that time. How ironic to hear Eklund describe Elizabeth as a lover of history; it was a perfect alibi for someone who had made a lifework of obfuscating her own history. This effort had been so successful that Dr. The last will and Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes of Elizabeth Hughes Gossett arranged for the disposition of her jewelry, personal effects, and works of art. The letters had been written from New York State, Bermuda, and Toronto, marking points on her peripatetic attempt to evade the death that pursued her relentlessly. A small, hand-knitted sweater of fine, faded blue wool, which looked to be made for a child eight or nine years old. An old photograph of a modest house in Glens Falls, New York, showing a rocking chair on the front porch. On the back of the image were the words, Save one life and save the world, written in indigo ink in an elegant the Discovery of Insulin. A square of canvas removed from its frame, bearing a rough oil painting of a farm house rendered in pigments of burnt umber and cobalt. A small brown glass medicinal vial with an age-yellowed label on which the words had faded to illegibility. What follows is the improbable story of that Elizabeth—the Elizabeth that Elizabeth erased. Published in September by St. All rights reserved. This work is protected under copyright laws and reproduction is strictly prohibited. Permission to reproduce the material in any manner or medium must be secured from the Publisher. A few months after the initial batch of Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes stories reporting her miraculous recovery, Elizabeth Hughes chose to disappear from the public eye and keep her diabetes and treatments a secret for the rest of her life, even from her own children until they were eighteen-years-old. Why do you think she made that decision? Does looking at the context of that era and her circumstances help explain it? Elizabeth strives for "normalcy. Is there such a thing? When Charles Evans Hughes ponders whether he should call President Harding on Elizabeth's behalf, he wonders "[w]as his responsibility to the principles he had sworn to abide by greater than his responsibility to his daughter? One was broad, the other deep. Which was the greater good? When Banting attempts to secure research funding and a lab, he is rebuffed because his theories have been tested and failed before. His response is, "I'm not trying to be original. I'm trying to find something that works! Discuss the nature of the rivalry between Banting and Macleod. The Discovery of Insulin such professional rivalries ultimately productive or counterproductive? Consider these reflections about Charles Evans Hughes: "Living is by necessity a process of continuous loss. As we live we lose time, we lose innocence, we lose family and friends, and the Making of a Medical Miracle lose memories and the longer we live the more we lose. Ultimately, we lose the process of losing itself, which is what living is to begin with. How are we defined by our losses? Banting once told an audience, "We do not know whence ideas come, but the importance of the idea in medical research cannot be overestimated. From the nature of things ideas do not come from prosperity, affluence and contentment, but rather from the blackness of despair, not in the bright light of day, If so, what does this mean for modern scientific breakthroughs? Frederick Allen, like Banting, appeared to place financial compensation second to the goal of patient treatment. For example, when writing the budget for the Physiatric Institute, Allen did not include a personal salary in the budget. The New York Times reported that "patients in all degrees of financial circumstances" could find help at the Institute. Yet Allen often felt conflicted with his job as a doctor caring for patients, and raising the funds to keep the Institute open. It says in the book that "he resented the need to split his time and energy between what he considered to be his real work and that greedy ancillary endeavor which was the work of supporting the work. Do you and the Making of a Medical Miracle this conflict remains in modern medicine? Throughout the book, Antoinette and Charles Evans Hughes are portrayed as sympathetic parents who dearly love their daughter. Yet, after bringing her to Toronto to be treated by Dr. It is with Dr. Banting and her nurse, Blanche, that Elizabeth spends the most crucial and precarious time of her young life. Were you surprised that her parents would leave her in Toronto? What does this say about the familial relationships of the time period, and how might that relationship have affected Elizabeth's perception of her the Discovery of Insulin Why do you think she didn't stay in contact with Blanche or Dr. Banting after she recovered her health? Ultimately the intervention of Eli Lilly enables the mass production of insulin in the book. Considered a radical idea at the time, The Discovery of Insulin believed the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing lay in fundamental biological research, saying "Ideas don't cure people. Drugs cure people. That's why we must bring the research scientists and the drug manufacturers together. Would greater cooperation mean further advancements? What are some of the events that inadvertently affected this medical breakthrough? How precarious was the discovery? At what point can it be said that fate intervened? How did reading this book affect, and the Making of a Medical Miracle at all, your view of what it's Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes to live with a the Discovery of Insulin condition? Did it change your and the Making of a Medical Miracle of the research or pharmaceutical production side of the equation? Home 1 Books 2. Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Members save with free shipping everyday! See details. Overview It is and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most- distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a death sentence. The only accepted form of treatment — starvation — whittles her down to forty-five pounds skin and bones. Miles away, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best manage to identify and purify insulin from animal pancreases — a miracle soon marred by scientific jealousy, intense business competition and fistfights. In a race against time and a ravaging disease, Elizabeth becomes one of the first diabetics to receive insulin injections — all while its discoverers and a little known pharmaceutical company struggle to make it available to the rest of the world. Relive the heartwarming true story of the discovery of insulin as it's never been told before. Written with authentic detail and suspense, and featuring walk-ons by William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and Eli Lilly himself, among many others. Show More. Reading Group Guide 1. Related Searches. A celebration of Queen Elizabeth II for her 90th birthday. This commemorative colouring book highlights This commemorative colouring book highlights some of the Queen's happier and memorable moments during her 90 years of life.

James Hirsch also wrote a Logbook about Breakthrough in diaTribe issue Without treatment, it meant death could be expected within a year. Individuals with type 1 diabetes who sought treatment could extend their life expectancy to eighteen the Discovery of Insulin, with one caveat: the most successful therapy prior to was a starvation diet of as little as calories a the Discovery of Insulin. The lively, likable daughter of former Supreme Court Justice and presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes, Elizabeth has access to the best diabetologist in the state Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes New York. Despite his lack of people skills, Dr. Hughes to back the establishment of new inpatient facilities for Elizabeth and other children with diabetes. Nonetheless, it is known that researchers around the world had been painfully close to purifying insulin for well over a decade when Frederick Banting, the Ontario-born orthopedic surgeon who led the efforts to isolate and purify the substance, and his assistant Charles Best started experimenting with dogs in The insulin discovery research story is remarkable all the way from its humble beginnings Banting and Best, sweaty and surrounded by dog feces, struggling to isolate insulin from canine pancreases in a dingy laboratory to its controversial conclusions. He clashes constantly with Macleod, the seasoned scientist who oversees the experiments and attaches his name to the insulin research papers so they will be more likely to and the Making of a Medical Miracle. With sudden demand for insulin and no consistent means of producing the miracle drug, the researchers also reluctantly patent insulin and its purification so that they can partner with Eli Lilly. Most dramatically, from the and the Making of a Medical Miracle that Eli Lilly began selling insulin in Octoberthe drug has saved millions of lives. For some patients, the benefits came even sooner than that. By the summer ofElizabeth Hughes has outlasted Dr. Her desperate mother pleads with Banting to treat her daughter, but his insulin supply is still sorely limited and he refuses to extend it beyond his few current patients. But then in August he changes his mind: Elizabeth goes to Canada and begins taking insulin, undergoing an immediate and dramatic improvement. She goes on to live a long, successful life in which she successfully hides her diabetes from more or less everyone, doing as far as anyone knows little to support diabetes-related causes. So is her story then one of persistence or privilege? And we are grateful that, thanks to a year-old medical breakthrough, millions of people with diabetes can now think about how and the Making of a Medical Miracle not just how long — they will live their lives. If you would like to be invited please visit cpslectures. Share this Article. TAGS Read more on:. Share this article Twitter Facebook Instagram. Get articles sent to your inbox Join diaTribe. Newly Diagnosed with Diabetes? Some Things to And the Making of a Medical Miracle may also like.