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History of Diabetes

By TechnoFella
  • Greeks Description of Diabetes (BC)
    100

    Greeks Description of Diabetes (BC)

    The melting down of flesh and limbs into urine.
  • Period: 100 to

    The History of Diabetes

    Learn about the origins of this disease that affects millions of people in the world today.
  • First Def. of Diabetes (BC)
    250

    First Def. of Diabetes (BC)

    "Diabetes" to Apollinius of Memphis means to drain more fluid from a person than they can consume. Diabetes in basic terms mean "siphon" or "to go through."
  • Persian Physician's Detailed Description of Diabetes
    Jan 1, 1025

    Persian Physician's Detailed Description of Diabetes

    "In medieval Persia, Avicenna (980–1037) provided a detailed account on diabetes mellitus in The Canon of Medicine, "describing the abnormal appetite and the collapse of sexual functions," and he documented the sweet taste of diabetic urine. Like Aretaeus before him, Avicenna recognized a primary and secondary diabetes. He also described diabetic gangrene, and treated diabetes using a mixture of lupine, trigonella (fenugreek), and zedoary seed."--http://timelines.com/1025/persian-physician-avice
  • Sweet Urine (BC)
    Jan 1, 1500

    Sweet Urine (BC)

    Ancient Hindu writings state that people with a mystyerious emaciating disease have urine that attracts ants to it because it's sweet.
  • First Description of Diabetes (BC)
    Jan 1, 1552

    First Description of Diabetes (BC)

    Egyptian physician Hesy-Ra records on papyrus that a patient has frequent urination.
  • Thomas Willis Coining "Diabetes Mellitus"

    Thomas Willis Coining "Diabetes Mellitus"

    Thomas discovered diabetics' urine contains glucose and he made a clear contrast between diabetes mellitus and diabetes insidipus.
  • Linking Pancreas to Diabetic Symptoms

    Linking Pancreas to Diabetic Symptoms

    Johann Conrad Brunner removed a dog's pancreas and he observed great thrist and polyuria (abundant urination). The link wasn't made by him, but he recorded this experiment in his research.
  • Difference Between Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus

    Difference Between Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus

    Johann Peter Frank made the differentiation between diabetes mellitus and diabetes insidipus and diabetes mellitus.
  • Pancrea's Role in Diabetes

    Pancrea's Role in Diabetes

    Jon von Mering and Oskar Minkowski identified the function of the pancreas based off a similar experiment conducted by John Conrad Brunner.
  • Chemical Deficiency in Diabetics within the Pancrea's Insulin

    Chemical Deficiency in Diabetics within the Pancrea's Insulin

    Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer proposed that diabetics are void of a one chemical produced from the pancrease which is insulin.
  • Insulin Discovery

    Insulin Discovery

    "At the University of Toronto, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin--a hormone they believe could prevent diabetes--for the first time. Within a year, the first human sufferers of diabetes were receiving insulin treatments, and countless lives were saved from what was previously regarded as a fatal disease."--http://timelines.com/1921/7/27/insulin-is-discovered
  • First Insulin Injection

    First Insulin Injection

    Leonard Thompson was the first diabetic to receive insulin.
  • First Insulin Injection

    First Insulin Injection

  • Type 1 v. Type 2

    Type 1 v. Type 2

  • AntiDiabetic Effects of Sulfonylureas

    AntiDiabetic Effects of Sulfonylureas

  • FDA Approves Lilly's Humulin L

    FDA Approves Lilly's Humulin L

  • FDA Approves Pfizer's Glucotrol

    FDA Approves Pfizer's Glucotrol

  • FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Glucophage

    FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Glucophage

  • FDA Approves Bayer's Precose

    FDA Approves Bayer's Precose

  • FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis' Amaryl

    FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis' Amaryl

  • FDA Approves Lilly's Humalog

    FDA Approves Lilly's Humalog

  • FDA Approves Pharmacia and UpJohn's Glyset

    FDA Approves Pharmacia and UpJohn's Glyset

  • FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Prandin

    FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Prandin

  • FDA Approves SB Pharmco's Avandia

    FDA Approves SB Pharmco's Avandia

  • FDA Approves Takeda's Actos

    FDA Approves Takeda's Actos

  • FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis' Lantus

    FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis' Lantus

  • FDA Approves Daiichi Sankyo's Welchol

    FDA Approves Daiichi Sankyo's Welchol

  • FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Glucovance

    FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Glucovance

  • FDA Approves Novartis' Starlix

    FDA Approves Novartis' Starlix

  • FDA Approves Metformin

    FDA Approves Metformin

  • FDA Approves Deltec's Cozmo Insulin Pump

    FDA Approves Deltec's Cozmo Insulin Pump

  • FDA Approves SB Pharmco's Avandamet

    FDA Approves SB Pharmco's Avandamet

  • FDA Approves Amylin's Symlin

    FDA Approves Amylin's Symlin

  • FDA Approves Amylin's Byetta

    FDA Approves Amylin's Byetta

  • FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Levemir

    FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Levemir

  • FDA Approves Takeda's Actoplus Met

    FDA Approves Takeda's Actoplus Met

  • Disentronic's Accu-Chek Spirit Insulin Pump Launches

    Disentronic's Accu-Chek Spirit Insulin Pump Launches

  • FDA Approves Merck's Januvia

    FDA Approves Merck's Januvia

  • FDA Approves Merck's Janumet

    FDA Approves Merck's Janumet

  • FDA Approves Medtronic's OneTouch UltraLink Meter

    FDA Approves Medtronic's OneTouch UltraLink Meter

  • FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Onglyza

    FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Onglyza

  • FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Victoza

    FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Victoza

  • FDA Approves Medtronic's MiniMed Paradigm Real-Time Revel System

    FDA Approves Medtronic's MiniMed Paradigm Real-Time Revel System

  • American Diabetes Association Endorses New Aspirin Guidelines for Diabetic Patients

    American Diabetes Association Endorses New Aspirin Guidelines for Diabetic Patients

  • Tel Aviv University Study Finds Diabetes Doubles Cancer Risk in Women

    Tel Aviv University Study Finds Diabetes Doubles Cancer Risk in Women

  • Harvard University Study Finds Replacing White Rice with Brown Rice Lowers Diabetes

    Harvard University Study Finds Replacing White Rice with Brown Rice Lowers Diabetes

  • Rosemary Dray-Spira Finds Link Between Higher Educational Attainment and Lower Mortality Rates in Diabetic Patients

    Rosemary Dray-Spira Finds Link Between Higher Educational Attainment and Lower Mortality Rates in Diabetic Patients

  • Study Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Finds Drinking Coffee Lowers Risk of Diabetes

    Study Published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Finds Drinking Coffee Lowers Risk of Diabetes