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The first known mention of diabetes symptoms was in B. Also around this time, ancient healers noted that ants seemed to be attracted to the urine of people who had this disease. In AD, the Greek physician Arateus described what we now call diabetes as "the melting down of flesh and limbs into urine.
Centuries later, people known as "water tasters" diagnosed diabetes by tasting the urine of people suspected to have it. If urine tasted sweet, diabetes was diagnosed. To acknowledge this feature, in the word "mellitus," meaning honey, was added to the name "diabetes," meaning siphon. It wasn't until the s that scientists developed chemical tests to detect the presence of sugar in the urine. As physicians learned more about diabetes, they began to understand how it could be managed.
The first diabetes treatment involved prescribed exercise, often horseback riding, which was thought to relieve excessive urination.
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