Alexander W Clowes

The Doc and the Duchess

The Life and Legacy of George H. A. Clowes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Alexander W. Clowes (1946¿2015), vascular surgeon, internationally renowned scientist in vascular biology, teacher and mentor, held the Gavora-Schilling Endowed Chair of Vascular Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Clowes was a Director and President of The Clowes Fund.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 511g
• ISBN-13: 9780253020420
• ISBN-10: 0253020425
• Artikelnr.: 43678824

Autorenporträt

Alexander W. Clowes, OtherDianne Aprile, Elizabeth A. Casselman

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword / John Lechleiter
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Warm Embrace
1. Growing Up in Victorian England
2. The Search for a Cure of Cancer
3. Edith Whitehill Hinkel
4. Alec and Edith
5. 1914: The End of an Era
6. In the Borderline Fields of Medicine
7. Lilly and the Insulin Story
8. From Small to Large Scale Production of Insulin
9. Expansion of the Research Programs
10. Woods Hole, MBL, and the Pursuit of Cancer
11. The Duchess, The Doc and The Boys
12. Alec and Edith: Indianapolis Benefactors
13. A Legacy: In Others' Eyes
Appendix I: Publications of George Henry Alexander Clowes
Appendix II: Chronology of Ancestry
Notes
Works Cited
Index