Social Science and Medicine is available through the ScienceDirect Database
Social History of Medicine - Oxford University
Publishes work on the social history of medicine through a variety of disciplines:
The Discovery of Insulin in 1922 may be viewed through the The Journal of Biological Chemistry Discovery of Insulin - published in 1923.
Canadian, Frederick Banting (1891-1941), received the Nobel Prize for his research work which permitted the discovery of insulin
see http://link.library.utoronto.ca/insulin/
