History of diabetes

[Guest guest]

I am writing a research paper and want to include a brief segment on the history

of diabetes. I have access to some online databases, including the Funk &

Wagnall Encyclopedia, but I haven't been able to find anything on the person and

time diabetes was first diagnosed/named. If anyone could point me somewhere I'd

appreciate it, and it must be a credible source since I will be citing the

source. thanks.

Dave

[Guest guest]

Hi Dave,

I have a scanned copy of The Discovery of Insulin by Bliss which,

although it's primarily about the efforts that went into isolating and marketing

insulin, includes information about the history of diabetes. Diabetes itself has

been known for thousands of years. If you'd like a copy let me know.

There are also many websites about the history of diabetes, but I'm not sure how

credible most of them are.

Jen

[Guest guest]

Hi Jen,

If it's credible, i.e. something I can cite, then that's what I'm looking for.

If the scan is good enough, feel free to email it to me. A problem I had

searching was that I got lots of hits on family history and things .like that.

IN other words, I wasn't having great success just finding hits on the origins

of diabetes. I was thinking a gentleman names something like Salk was important

back in the 30s or thereabouts, but I really wasn't finding much, and as I have

said, especially material I can cite. Send the material to: dab007@...

if you don't mind. Many thanks.

Dave

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Re: History of diabetes

Hi Dave,

I have a scanned copy of The Discovery of Insulin by Bliss which,

although it's primarily about the efforts that went into isolating and marketing

insulin, includes information about the history of diabetes. Diabetes itself has

been known for thousands of years. If you'd like a copy let me know.

There are also many websites about the history of diabetes, but I'm not sure

how credible most of them are.

Jen

[Guest guest]

Dave,

I'm not sure what you are looking for. Diabetes has been around since

pre-roman times and was called " the sweet sickness " . There are literally

dozens of web sites about daibtes if you just " google " the word plus what

you are looking for ie. Diabetes+history.

History of diabetes

I am writing a research paper and want to include a brief segment on the

history of diabetes. I have access to some online databases, including the

Funk & Wagnall Encyclopedia, but I haven't been able to find anything on the

person and time diabetes was first diagnosed/named. If anyone could point me

somewhere I'd appreciate it, and it must be a credible source since I will

be citing the source. thanks.

Dave