When was diabetes discovered?

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When was diabetes discovered?

2006-12-19 14:44:15 · 4 answers · asked by lala 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases

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Banting and Best discovered insulin in the 1920s but I am sure diabetes has been around for at least a hundred years before that , people just died from it ,not knowing what it was.

2006-12-19 14:53:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

2016-09-15 16:36:37 · answer #2 · answered by Kathleen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

1552 B.C. Earliest known record of diabetes mentioned on 3rd Dynasty Egyptian papyrus by physician Hesy-Ra; mentions polyuria (frequent urination) as a symptom.

2006-12-19 14:47:59 · answer #3 · answered by Bonita Applebaum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

a bloke discovered it by tasting urine and noticed it was sweet.

2006-12-19 15:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋