Copyright © 1982 by Michael Bliss.

Published by arrangement with McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, Canada. First published in 1982 by McClelland & Stewart Inc.; first paperback edition, 1984, and second paperback edition, 1996, published by McClelland & Stewart.

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition 2007

University of Toronto Press
Toronto London
Printed in the U.S.A.

Reprinted 2011, 2012

ISBN: 0-8020-8344-7

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Printed on acid-free paper

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Bliss, Michael, 1941-
The discovery of insulin

ISBN 0-8020-8344-7

1. Banting, F.G. (Frederick Grant), Sir, 1891-1941. 2. Best, Charles Herbert,
1899–1978. 3. Macleod, J.J.R. (John James Rickard), 1876–1935.
4. Collip, J.B. (James Bertram), 1892- 1965. 5. Insulin – History.
6. Pancreas – Secretions – Experiments – History. I. Title.

QP572.I5B55 2000 616.462027 C99-932729-1

University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada for its book publishing activities through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP).

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