Diabetes 1500 BC

Diabetes was one of the first diseases ever described when an Egyptian manuscript from 1500 BC mentioned "too great emptying of the urine." Indian physicians around the same time identified the disease and classified it as madhumeha or "honey urine," noting the urine would attract ants. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes were identified as separate conditions for the first time by the Indian physicians Sushruta and Charaka in 400-500 AD with type 1 associated with youth and type 2 with being overweight. CIHSR