Medical scientist, co-discoverer of insulin (1899-1978)

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Charles Herbert Best and Sir Henry Hallett Dale. Photograph, 1953.

Charles Herbert Best. Photograph by Ronny Jaques.

Charles Herbert Best. Photograph.

Selected papers of Charles H. Best.

Prof. Charles Best ... holding the insignia of a Companion of Honour.

Charles Herbert Best, 27 February - 31 March 1978 / by Sir Frank Young and C. N. Hales.

The physiological basis of medical practice : a text in applied physiology / Charles Herbert Best, Norman Burke Taylor.

The nature of the vaso-dilator constituents of certain tissue extracts / by C.H. Best [and others].

The physiological basis of medical practice : a University of Toronto text in applied physiology / by Charles Herbert Best and Norman Burke Taylor.

The living body : a text in human physiology / by Charles Herbert Best and Norman Burke Taylor.

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Best, Charles Herbert, 1899-1978

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The physiological basis of medical practice : a text in applied physiology / Charles Herbert Best, Norman Burke Taylor.

The nature of the vaso-dilator constituents of certain tissue extracts / by C.H. Best [and others].

Selected papers of Charles H. Best.

The physiological basis of medical practice : a University of Toronto text in applied physiology / by Charles Herbert Best and Norman Burke Taylor.

The living body : a text in human physiology / by Charles Herbert Best and Norman Burke Taylor.