The doc and the duchess : the life and legacy of George H.A. Clowes / Alexander W. Clowes, M.D. ; forewords by John Lechleiter and A. Ian Fraser.

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]

xvi, 211 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-202) and index.

Growing up in Victorian England -- The search for a cure of cancer -- Edith Whitehill Hinkel -- Alec and Edith -- 1914 : the end of an era -- In the borderline fields of medicine -- Lilly and the insulin story -- From small- to large-scale production of insulin -- Expansion of research programs -- Woods Hole, MBL, and the pursuit of cancer -- The duchess, the doc, and the boys -- Alec and Edith : Indianapolis benefactors -- A legacy : in others' eyes.