Diabetes : the biography / Robert Tattersall.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The pissing evil : defining the disease -- Unravelling the role of the pancreas -- Insulin : a force of magical activity -- The dark ages -- Treating long-term complications -- Adult-onset diabetes and tablets at last -- At the laboratory bench -- The pharmaceutical era -- Diabetes becomes epidemic.