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They conducted research studies on twins with diabetes and established that type 1 and type 2 have different aetiologies. He continued to train at Nottingham General Hospital before moving back to London, to King’s College Hospital, where he collaborated with consultant physician David Pyke . He went on to study medicine at the University of Cambridge and St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Professor Robert Tattersall was born in in July 1943 in London, and educated at Charterhouse School. Watch here for new stock of the hardback edition. This book is currently only available in paperback. It holds nothing back on the controversies and conspiracies, and role of the evolving pharmaceutical industry in the 20th century. It bears the controversial title he insisted on - the "Pissing Evil" as per the name of the disease in the 17th century.Īfter a lifetime treating and researching diabetes, and his major contribution to modern diabetes management, Tattersall has written this for general readers and historians as well as clinicians and medical students.īoth scholarly and engrossing, this rich social and medical history stands as a tribute to the countless people who suffered over the millennia and those who tried to help them. This book is the book that the late Professor Tattersall wanted to write, with enough pages to chronicle the full fascinating and often gruelling history of diabetes mellitus over the last 3000 years. The most authoritative and comprehensive book on the subject, written by the author of th excellent book Diabetes: The Biography (Oxford University Press).