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The Doc and the Duchess

The Life and Legacy of George H. A. Clowes

By: Alexander W. Clowes

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The Doc and the Duchess

The Life and Legacy of George H. A. Clowes

By: Alexander W. Clowes

An “informative and enlightening” biography of a scientist who helped bring insulin to the world, and went on to become a prominent philanthropist (The Franklin Daily Journal). George Henry Alexander Clowes was a pivotal figure in the development of the insulin program at the Eli Lilly Company. Through his leadership, scientists and clinicians at Lilly and the University of Toronto created a unique international team to develop and purify insulin and take the production of this life-saving agent to an industrial scale. This biography, written by his grandson, presents his scientific achievements, and also takes note of his social and philanthropic contributions, which he shared with his wife, Edith. It tells the story of Clowes from his childhood in late Victorian England to his death at Woods Hole on Cape Cod in 1958. Educated in England and Germany, Clowes came to America to join a startup laboratory in Buffalo, where he conducted basic research on cancer and applied research on other disease-related problems. Assuming the position of head of research at Lilly, Clowes was at the center of one of the great discoveries that changed the course of medical history and offered new life to millions of individuals with diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Clowes was also instrumental in the development of other commercial pharmaceutical advances. Devoted to a number of philanthropic causes, Clowes and Edith contributed greatly to the cultural life of his adopted country, a contribution that continues to this day.

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Indiana University Press

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0253020557

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The Doc and the Duchess

The Life and Legacy of George H. A. Clowes

By: Alexander W. Clowes

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The Life and Legacy of George H. A. Clowes

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Sir Clifford Allbutt

Scholar and Physician

By: Alexander G. Bearn

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Sir Clifford Allbutt

Scholar and Physician

By: Alexander G. Bearn

Monograph looking at the life of Sir Clifford Allbutt, inventor of the short themometer and responsible for introducing the opthalmoscope, weighing machine and microscope to the wards.

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120

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Royal College of Physicians

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1860163025

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9781860163029

Pamphlets on West Indian Slavery

By: Elizabeth Heyrick,Alexander McDonnell

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Pamphlets on West Indian Slavery

By: Elizabeth Heyrick,Alexander McDonnell

Elizabeth Heyrick (1769-1831) and Alexander McDonnell (1794-1875) held opposing views on slavery in the British colonies at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Published in 1824 and 1827 respectively, these pamphlets remain key documents in the context of post-colonial debates.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108020305

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The Doc and the Duchess

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