Diabetes Treatment History timeline
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First Known Description of Diabetes Symptoms, Found on Egyptian Papyrus by Physician Hesy-Ra
Hesy-Ra, alt. Hesire, was an official, physician, possibly the first known in history, and scribe who lived during the Third dynasty of Egypt,... Read more
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Indian Physician, Sushruta Samhita, Describes Diabetes Symptoms and Treatments
Sushruta described diabetes (madhumeha) as a disease characterized by passage of large amount of urine, sweet in taste, hence the name “madhumeha”... Read more
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Aretaeus of Cappadocia Coins the Name, 'Diabetes', from the Greek Word for 'Siphon'
In diabetes the thirst is greater for the fluid dries the body ... For the thirst there is need of a powerful remedy, for in kind it is the... Read more
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Persian Physician, Avicenna, Gives Detailed Description of Diabetes Along with Strikingly Modern Treatment
In medieval Persia, Avicenna (980–1037) provided a detailed account on diabetes mellitus in The Canon of Medicine, "describing the abnormal... Read more
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English Physician, Thomas Willis, Coins the Term 'Diabetes Mellitus' due to the Sweetness of Diabetic Urine
Thomas Willis discovered sugar in diabetic urine in 1670, and thereby differentiated between what before was classed as one disease, diabetes... Read more
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Johann Conrad Brunner Publishes Work Linking the Pancreas and Diabetes Symptoms, but Without Establishing Link to the Disease
Brunner is remembered for his experiments and studies of the pancreas and the internal secretions associated with the organ. In 1683 he removed the... Read more
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Johann Peter Frank Recognizes Difference Between Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus
Frank is without doubt one of the most influential figures in the early history of public health and community medicine. In addition to his System,... Read more
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Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski Discover the Role of the Pancreas in Diabetes
The discovery of a role for the pancreas in diabetes is generally ascribed to Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, who in 1889 found that dogs... Read more
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Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer Proposed Calling the Chemical Deficiency in Diabetics within the Pancreas 'Insulin'
In 1910, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer suggested that people with diabetes were deficient in a single chemical that was normally produced by... Read more
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Insulin is Discovered
At the University of Toronto, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin--a hormone they believe could... Read more
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The First Insulin Injection was given to Leonard Thompson
Researcher John Macleod and chemist James Collip then began to help prepare insulin for human use. On January 11, 1922, Leonard Thompson, a... Read more
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John James Richard Macleod and Frederick Grant Banting are Awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the Discovery of Insulin
Determined to investigate this possibility, Banting discussed it with various people, among whom was J.J.R. Macleod, Professor of Physiology at the... Read more
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Sir Harold Percival Himsworth Distinguishes Between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
The distinction between what is now known as type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes was first clearly made by Sir Harold Percival (Harry) Himsworth,... Read more
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Marcel Janbon Discovers the Antidiabetic Effects of Sulfonylureas by Chance
Sulfonylureas, on the other hand, are effective in controlling type 2 di abetes. Marcel J. Janbon discovered the antidiabetic effects of sulfony... Read more
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FDA Approves Lilly's Humulin N
Humulin N is an insulin injection for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Humulin N is a replicated version of human insulin hormone that is... Read more
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FDA Approves Pfizer's Glucotrol
Glucotrol is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This medication helps your pancreas produce insulin. Glucotrol is... Read more
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FDA Approves Bristol-Myers Squibb's Glucophage
Glucophage is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. Glucophage is for people with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent)... Read more
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FDA Approves Bayer's Precose
Treating type 2 diabetes. It is used along with diet and exercise. It may be used alone or with other antidiabetic medicines. Precose is a... Read more
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FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis's Amaryl
AMARYL (glimepiride tablets) is an oral blood-glucose-lowering drug of the sulfonylurea class. Glimepiride is a white to yellowish-white,... Read more
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FDA Approves Lilly's Humalog
Humalog is an insulin analog that is indicated in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus for the control of hyperglycemia. Humalog has a... Read more
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FDA Approves Pharmacia and UpJohn's Glyset
Treating type 2 diabetes in adults whose diabetes cannot be managed with diet alone. Glyset may be used alone, in combination with other oral... Read more
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FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Prandin
Prandin (repaglinide) is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. This medication lowers blood sugar by causing the... Read more
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FDA Approves SB Pharmco's Avandia
Rosiglitazone is an oral drug that reduces the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is used for treating patients with type 2 diabetes and is... Read more
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FDA Approves Takeda's Actos
Actos is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels. Actos is for people with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. It... Read more
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FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis's Lantus
Lantus (insulin glargine) is a man-made form of a natural hormone. It is a long-acting insulin that is slightly different from other forms of... Read more