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1500 BC
Ebers Papyrus
first describes
the symptoms
of diabetes
400 BC
Susruta records
the symptoms
and classifies types
of diabetes
6 AD
Charaka refines
the work
of Susruta
10 AD
Celsus develops
a clinical
description
of diabetes
20 AD
Aretaeus coins
the term
diabetes
1869
Paul Langerhans identifies clusters
of cells (islets of Langerhans)
in the pancreas
1889
Von Mering and Minkowski
observe that
diabetes develops
when an animal's pancreas
is removed
1921
Banting & Best
isolate secretion from animal pancreas (insulin) and inject
into diabetic dog,
to find a fall
in blood sugar!
Diabetes Quick History
