{"product_id":"breakthrough-thea-cooper-9780312611743","title":"Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1919 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelive 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thea Cooper, Arthur Ainsberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312611749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312611743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 5.56w x 0.86d","brand":"Thea Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046308802815,"sku":"9780312611743","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_499ebd41-4071-4fee-93e5-7eb1c6a44c61.jpg?v=1684983835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breakthrough-thea-cooper-9780312611743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}