Manthappa M MBBS, MD is currently Professor, Department of Medicine, and Vice Principal, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka. He obtained his MBBS and MD from Manipal University (now MAHE). He has also authored three other medical books Manipal Prep Manual of Medicine 3/e, Manipal Prep Manual of Medicine for Dental Students and another book on diabetes for general public. His books are known for the simple narrative style and clarity.
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">The discovery of insulin has been one of the greatest milestones in medicine. Any type of diabetes mellitus can be controlled by using insulin. With the availability of many types of insulins, managing diabetes is far more easy now than before, and treatment can be tailored to the individual needs.</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Though using insulin is not easy: Its rational and effective use requires common sense, intelligence, and sound knowledge of different types of insulin, their time–action profiles and different insulin regimens. Everyone is familiar with insulin but a few are real experts in using it.</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Literature is scattered in different sources when it comes to using insulin. The entire current literature about insulin and various insulin regimens has been referred to make the second edition up-to-date and more useful to clinicians. Sincere effort has been made to bring together all the information that the clinicians need to know to use insulin in their daily practice in a simple language.</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">This book is useful for all the general practitioners, postgraduate students, residents, physicians, and all other doctors who are engaged in treating diabetes mellitus.</p>
