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Let´s talk about #PancreasHistory! The discovery of Insulin, Banting, Best, McLeod & Collip, the first patient who received insulin for #Diabetes Mellitus #UEGambassador @my_ueg @ESEndrocrinology @YouppiePancreas @EurPancClub @ChahalPrabhleen @PerelmansPearls #gigang 
For ancient physicians the most important feature of diabetes was the increased urine output. Diabetes was a term for polyuria derived from the classical Greek word "diabainein" meaning to walk with the legs apart, later diabetes "a passer through" or a "siphon".
The Greek physician Arateus (credited for the term Diabetes) described it as "the melting down of flesh and limbs into urine"
