First American treated with insulin for diabetes

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The fight to survive : a young girl, diabetes, and the discovery of insulin / Caroline Cox.

Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the discovery of insulin, and the making of a medical miracle / Thea Cooper and Arthur Ainsberg.

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Elizabeth Hughes Gossett

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The fight to survive : a young girl, diabetes, and the discovery of insulin / Caroline Cox.

Breakthrough : Elizabeth Hughes, the discovery of insulin, and the making of a medical miracle / Thea Cooper and Arthur Ainsberg.