![World Diabetes Day on Twitter: "#DiabetesHistory - Research on #diabetes has a long history that precedes the discovery of #insulin in 1921. In 1674, Thomas Willis first differentiated diabetes from other causes World Diabetes Day on Twitter: "#DiabetesHistory - Research on #diabetes has a long history that precedes the discovery of #insulin in 1921. In 1674, Thomas Willis first differentiated diabetes from other causes](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Exz9FNQWYAI-ILR.png)
World Diabetes Day on Twitter: "#DiabetesHistory - Research on #diabetes has a long history that precedes the discovery of #insulin in 1921. In 1674, Thomas Willis first differentiated diabetes from other causes
![TIL that doctors before the eleventh century would drink the urine of their patients to determine whether or not they had diabetes. A sugary taste indicated the person was diabetic. : r/todayilearned TIL that doctors before the eleventh century would drink the urine of their patients to determine whether or not they had diabetes. A sugary taste indicated the person was diabetic. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/_4h3dqqwzsGqqFC1wXgU1KPI0-KUeH_t6u14AbO-sII.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b4dde8a60a0d0cff2237c91b56b01eb9e1121eb9)
TIL that doctors before the eleventh century would drink the urine of their patients to determine whether or not they had diabetes. A sugary taste indicated the person was diabetic. : r/todayilearned
![World Diabetes Day on Twitter: "#DiabetesHistory - In 600 AD, the association of excessive urination and sweet urine is first described in Sanskrit literature by Indian physicists Susruta and Charuka. For the World Diabetes Day on Twitter: "#DiabetesHistory - In 600 AD, the association of excessive urination and sweet urine is first described in Sanskrit literature by Indian physicists Susruta and Charuka. For the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9zhEy-WYAA1WOp.png)