J.B. Collip and the development of medical research in Canada : extracts and enterprise

Author/Creator:

Li, Alison, 1963-

Publication/Creation:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

J.B. Collip and the development of medical research in Canada : extracts and enterprise / Alison Li.

Series Titles:

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and societ; v.18
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and socie; v.18.

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Front Matter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
The Research Ideal, 1892–1920 --
The Discovery of Insulin, 1921–1922 --
The Parathyroid Hormone Controversy, 1923–1927: A Question of Priority --
Rebuilding Medicine at McGill, 1928–1933 --
The Great Years, 1934–1941 --
The Private Funding of Research, 1928–1947: Patents, Grants, and Institutes --
The Rise of Public Funding, 1938–1968: Medical Research on a National Level --
Dean of Medicine, 1947–1965 --
Conclusion: The Transformation of the Research Enterprise --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Collip, J. B.(James Bertram),1892-1965
Medical scientists--Canada--Biography
Medicine--Research--Canada--History
Biochemistry--Research--Canada--History
Endocrinology--Research--Canada--History

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Research Ideal, 1892–1920 -- The Discovery of Insulin, 1921–1922 -- The Parathyroid Hormone Controversy, 1923–1927: A Question of Priority -- Rebuilding Medicine at McGill, 1928–1933 -- The Great Years, 1934–1941 -- The Private Funding of Research, 1928–1947: Patents, Grants, and Institutes -- The Rise of Public Funding, 1938–1968: Medical Research on a National Level -- Dean of Medicine, 1947–1965 -- Conclusion: The Transformation of the Research Enterprise -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Summary:

In the early years of the twentieth century medical research in Canada was the job of a select few. By mid-century it had grown into a systematic, large-scale venture that involved teams of professional scientists and dozens of laboratories in universities, government, and industry. J.B. Collip - skilled both as a bench scientist and an entrepreneur - played a leading role in this transformation. In J.B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in Canada Alison Li details how Collip leapt into prominence in 1921-22 as part of the team at the University of Toronto that isolated insulin. When the Nobel Prize was awarded to Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod in 1923, Banting announced he was sharing his award with Charles Best; Macleod in turn announced he was sharing his award with Collip. Collip was known for his remarkable skills in making hormone extracts, many of which proved to have therapeutic, and therefore commercial, value. At McGill University in the 1930s he headed a thriving research group that carried out investigations of the pituitary and sex hormones, including development of one of the first orally active estrogen products. Collip's story sheds light on early negotiations between academic science and the pharmaceutical industry and on the complexities of sustaining a research laboratory before the rise of government funding. As the head of the National Research Council's medical research division during its formative years, Collip helped shape the foundations of organized support for medical research in Canada.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 244 page ): illustrations

General Note:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936528120802486

ISBN:

1-282-86148-4
9786612861482
0-7735-7145-0

OCLC Number:

929120912

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9780773571457