An important book about diabetes is "Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness" by Chris Feudtner. The New England Journal of Medicine said, "The introduction of insulin in 1922 transformed the acute, rapidly fatal course of a diabetic coma into a chronic illness that could be monitored and managed over the years. As a historian and a pediatrician, Feudtner is sensitive to the ironies implicit in insulin therapy.
