Research Catalog

Title

J.B. Collip and the development of medical research in Canada : extracts and enterprise / Alison Li.

Author

Li, Alison, 1963-

Publication

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.

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Details

Description

xiv, 244 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"J. B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in Canada tells the intriguing story of J.B. Collip, whose restless drive fuelled his pioneering studies in endocrinology and sustained a successful research enterprise through the first half of the twentieth century. Alison Li details how, as a young man, Collip leapt into international prominence in 1921-22 as part of the team at the University of Toronto that isolated insulin for the treatment of diabetes. When the Nobel Prize was awarded to Frederick Banting and John Macleod in 1923, Macleod shared his award with Collip. Collip was known for his remarkable skills in making hormone extracts, many of which proved to have therapeutic and commercial value."--Jacket.

Series Statement

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 18

Uniform Title

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society 18.

Subject

• Collip, J. B
• Collip, J. B. 1892-1965
• Collip, J. B. 1892-1965
• Insulin > history
• Research
• Insulin
• Endocrinology
• Biochemistry
• Medical scientists > Canada > Biography
• Medicine > Research > History. > Canada
• Biochemistry > Research > History. > Canada
• Endocrinology > Research > History. > Canada
• Hommes de science en médecine > Canada > Biographies
• Médecine > Recherche > Histoire. > Canada
• Biochimie > Recherche > Histoire. > Canada
• Endocrinologie > Recherche > Histoire. > Canada
• Canada

Genre/Form

Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Research Ideal, 1892-1920 -- 2. The Discovery of Insulin, 1921-1922 -- 3. The Parathyroid Hormone Controversy, 1923-1927: A Question of Priority -- 4. Rebuilding Medicine at McGill, 1928-1933 -- 5. The Great Years, 1934-1941 -- 6. The Private Funding of Research, 1928-1947: Patents, Grants, and Institutes -- 7. The Rise of Public Funding, 1938-1968: Medical Research on a National Level -- 8. Dean of Medicine, 1947-1965 -- Conclusion: The Transformation of the Research Enterprise.

ISBN

0773526099

OCLC

• 52071633
• SCSB-10845571

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library