Product Description

Part medical mystery, part cultural history, 'The Philatelic History of Diabetes' is the story of diabetes, chronicling experimental research, therapeutic advances, and hope for a cure. It features 30 internationally issued postage stamps beautifully displayed and identified by country and date of issue.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #526837 in Books
• Published on: 1991-09-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From the Back Cover
A thousand years before Hippocrates, doctors in ancient Egypt treated diabetes with beer swill, cucumber flowers, and water from the bird pond. Today the cure is almost within reach, and this exciting book unfolds the story, one stamp at a time, of just how far we've come. The Philatelic History of Diabetes: In Search of a Cure is an exciting chronicle of experimental research, therapeutic advances, and hope for a cure. Covering 3,500 years of history, it includes photos of fascinating stamps from around the world.

With more than 40 internationally issued postage stamps beautifully displayed and identified by country and date of issue, this book groups commemorative stamps into five evolutionary phrases that illustrate how diabetes has been viewed throughout history. A must-have book for lovers of stamps as well as those concerned with finding a cure for this disease.

Travel around the world. Back in time. And into a fascinating medical detective story that with your help could end with a cure. Thanks to the generosity of Lee J. Sanders, DPM, all royalties from the sale of this book go to the American Diabetes Association Research Foundation.

About the Author
Lee J. Sanders, D.P.M., is chief of podiatry at the VA Medical Center, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, president of health care education of the national board of directors of the American Diabetes Association, and a medical historian.