History of Diabetes

1500 BC The ancient Hindu and Egyptian civilizations identified symptoms remarkably similar to diabetes 

450-500 AD Sushruta, an Indian Scholar, called diabetes 'Madhumeha', or 'honey urine 

980-1037 Avicenna, the Persian physician, identified diabetic symptoms 

Avicenna used plant seeds like lupin, fenugreek, and zedoary for treatment 

1776-1798 Matthew Dobson and John Rollo connected the dots between diabetes and excess sugar in the blood and urine

1857-1889 The work of Claude Bernard, Paul Langerhans, Joseph von Mering, and Oskar Minkowski established the crucial roles of the liver and pancreas in diabetes 

1923 Frederick Banting and John MacLeod recived nobel prize for discovery of insulin

1936 British scientist Sir Harold Percival (Harry) Himsworth distinguished two main types of diabetes  

1959 Frederick Sanger received Nobel Prize for his work on the structure of human insulin 

1978 David Goeddel produced synthetic “human” insulin using recombinant DNA technology 

From ancient scholars deciphering 'honey urine' to the creation of synthetic insulin, we continue to unravel the mysteries of diabetes 

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