• DOI:10.1007/BF03401545
Corpus ID: 4730719

Aretaeus of Cappadocia and the first description of diabetes

@article{Laios2012AretaeusOC,
  title={Aretaeus of Cappadocia and the first description of diabetes},
  author={K. Laios and M. Karamanou and Z. Saridaki and G. Androutsos},
  journal={Hormones},
  year={2012},
  volume={11},
  pages={109-113}
}

• K. Laios, M. Karamanou, +1 author G. Androutsos
• Published 2012
• Medicine
• Hormones

The name Aretaeus of Cappadocia has been linked with diabetes more than that of any other physician of antiquity, his texts forming a sophisticated synthesis of the previous knowledge on this disease copiously supplemented by his own observations. Gifted with a unique faculty for observing pathologic phenomena, he was able to elaborate upon earlier texts enriching them with his own original findings and numerous thoughtful reflections. Among the many diseases he dealt with, Aretaeus has… Expand

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