The Normal Diet And Healthful Living (Signed By W. D. Sansum)

New York City Ny: The Macmillan Company, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Ix, 243 Pp. Blue Cloth,Gilt. First Printing, With 1936 Date On Title Page. Slight Usage, Spine Gilt Weak But Clear. Signed By Sansum On Front Free Endpaper, And By Previous Owner On Front Pastedown. In 1920, William D. Sansum (1880-1948) Arrived In Santa Barbara, California To Serve As Head Of The Potter Metabolic Clinic.[3] This Clinic Was Founded In 1916 In A New York City Hospital To Serve Patients With Diabetes, Nephritis And Gout. The Potter Clinic Was Largely Funded By The Carnegie Corporation Of New York, And In 1919 Was Moved To Santa Barbara. Sansum Specialized In Diabetes, A Fatal Disease At The Time. It Was The Subject Of Sansum'S Doctoral Thesis, And The Related Theme In Nearly Twenty Scholarly Papers He Wrote In Eight Years. In May 1922, Sansum Became The First Physician To Develop And Administer Insulin In The U.S. To Successfully Treat A Diabetic Patient. He Also Developed Methods To Obtain A Higher Yield Of Insulin From Raw Material. Sansum Established The Sansum Medical Clinic In 1928 To Treat Health Problems Of Patients (Who Did Not Require Hospitalization) With The Latest Research And Medical Advances At The Time. The Sansum Medical Clinic Focused On Clinical Specialization, Assessment And Treatment And Research. The Clinic Attracted Out-Of-Town And Out-Of-State Patients, Especially Those With Diabetes, In Need Of Specialized Medical Services.