November 13, 2011
Oneof the most devastating illnesses affecting the Jewish people isdiabetes. The discovery of insulin, one of the greatest medicalbreakthroughs of the 20th century, has completely transformed diabetestreatment. Breakthrough tells the story of insulin’s incrediblediscovery.
Itis 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America’smost distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, hasbeen diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a deathsentence. The only form of treatment — starvation — whittles her down toforty-five pounds of skin and bones.
Milesaway, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best manage toidentify and purify insulin from animal pancreases — a miracle soonmarred by scientific jealousy, intense business competition, andfistfights. In a race against time and a ravaging disease, Elizabethbecomes one of the first diabetics to receive insulin injections, allwhile its discoverers and a little-known pharmaceutical company — EliLilly — struggle to make it available to the rest of the world.
Relivethe heartwarming true story of the discovery of insulin as it’s neverbeen told before. Written with authentic detail and suspense, Breakthrough encourages hope in the future and inspires faith inhumanity and the potential for miracles.
Itis 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America’smost distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, hasbeen diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It is essentially a deathsentence. The only form of treatment — starvation — whittles her down toforty-five pounds of skin and bones.
Milesaway, Canadian researchers Frederick Banting and Charles Best manage toidentify and purify insulin from animal pancreases — a miracle soonmarred by scientific jealousy, intense business competition, andfistfights. In a race against time and a ravaging disease, Elizabethbecomes one of the first diabetics to receive insulin injections, allwhile its discoverers and a little-known pharmaceutical company — EliLilly — struggle to make it available to the rest of the world.
Relivethe heartwarming true story of the discovery of insulin as it’s neverbeen told before. Written with authentic detail and suspense, Breakthrough encourages hope in the future and inspires faith inhumanity and the potential for miracles.
