Medicine 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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Louis Pasteur Demonstrates Anthrax Vaccine
In 1877, Louis Pasteur began his animal experiments with anthrax. After years of attempting to infect animals, he announced that he had developed a... Read more
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Louis Pasteur Uses First Successful Rabies Vaccine
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Read more
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Pasteur Institute Is Founded
The international subscription launched by the French Académie des Sciences in 1887 to allow Louis Pasteur to found his institute and thus provide... Read more
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Louis Pasteur Dies
Prof. Pasteur's condition became seriously worse on the evening of Friday last. Albuminuria was observed, the heart became very weak, and painful... 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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Alexander Fleming First Discovers Penicillin
For the first 2 million years or so of human history, bacterial infections—pneumonia, scarlet fever, syphilis, festering wounds—were often... Read more
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Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first... Read more
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Robert G. Edwards Is Awarded The Nobel Prize For Medicine
The Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded this year to Robert G. Edwards, an English biologist who with a physician colleague, Dr.... Read more
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Jack Kevorkian Dies
For Oregon and Washington advocates pressing for a physician-assisted suicide law in the 1990s, the attention-seeking behavior of Dr. Jack... Read more