Official Review: From Bird Ponds to Monsters by James Brown

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[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "From Bird Ponds To Monsters" by James Brown.]

From Bird Ponds to Monsters by James Brown is a book about the history of diabetes and its medications. It is about diabetes research that has enriched my knowledge of this disease. As a biomedical scientist and diabetes researcher, James Brown wrote this book in an easy understandable way. This book is for everyone who what to wants to advance their knowledge of diabetes.

In the first chapter, I read about what actually happen inside of the body of diabetic person. In here, I also learn about the symptoms of diabetes that leads ancient people to misunderstand diabetes. Without sufficient tools to undergo experiments, ancient people can only predict that a person is diabetic from her/his urine.

The next three chapters tell us about how the term of diabetes is found. The existence of diabetes has been known for 400 years but with different names. Experiment by experiment leads the scientists to change their understanding of diabetes from kidney problem to pancreatic problem.

“What is constant in all cases of diabetes is the involvement of the hormone insulin, with problems occurring in how it is produced and/or used in the body.”

“This process of insulin regulating the levels of glucose in the blood is essential to normal health.”

The last two chapters are about the revolution of diabetes medicine. From the last chapter, I know why the book’s title is including “Monsters”.

“... a future that for some will mean no more insulin. A future provided by a venomous monster.”

Nature has the curer and it is waiting to be found. This is new information for me and I am excited to read about it.
What I regret is that there is slight typing mistake and I wish the story was longer. I think this book deserves a rating of 3 stars out of 4.

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