Diabetes

By moskosie
  • 300

    Ants congregated around a diabetics urine

  • 300

    300

    300
    Ancient Indians found that ants congregate around the urine of a diabetic

  • Thomas Willis

    Thomas Willis noticed the sweet smell of a diabetics urine

  • 1600

    1600
    Thomas Willis discovered that a diabetics urine has a sweet smell

  • John Rollo

    John Rollo treated a patient by using dietary restrictions

  • 1706

    1706
    John Rollo treated a patient with dietary restrictions

  • Claude Bernard

    Claude Bernard 'discovered' that the liver stored glycogen and secreted sugary substance into blood which could have caused diabetes

  • 1800

    1800
    Claude Bernard 'discovered' that the liver stored glycogen and secreted a sugary substance which caused diabetes
    Treatment: should eat a lot of meat and fat or large amounts of sugar

  • Von Miring

    Von Miring disproved Bernard's liver theory; removing the pancreas causes diabetes.

  • 1879

    1879
    Von Mering disproved Bernard's liver theory; removing the pancreas causes diabetes

  • Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

    Diagnosis: high grape sugar
    Treatment: daily alkaline sponge bath, sugar of lead, creosote, not allowed to eat foods with sugar
    Prognosis:death

  • 1900

    1900
    Diagnosis: high grape sugar, Stanley Benedict discovers a new way to measure glucose in sugar, which comes to be known as Benedict’s Solution.
    Treatment: daily alkaline sponge bath, sugar of lead, creosote, no sugary foods
    Prognosis: death

  • 1916

    1916
    Dieting or fasting with regular excersize can lower death rate from diabetes.

  • Fredrick Banting

    Discovery of insulin in Canada by Fredrick Banting

  • 1921

    1921
    Fredrick Banting discovered insulin

  • Testing

    14 year old boy was the first human tested; it failed but purified injections were developed by J.B Collip

  • 1922

    1922
    A 14 year old was the first human to test insulin; it failed but purified insulin injections developed by J.B Collip

  • Insulin Shipping

    Insulin was shipped and produced commercially and used in western countries by Eli Lily.

  • 1923

    1923
    Eli Lilly shipped out and produced insulin commercially and used in western courntries

  • J.J Abel

    Creation on crystallized insulin

  • 1926

    1926
    Crystallized insulin created by J.J Abel

  • Protamine zinc insulin was introduced

  • 1936

    1936
    Protamine Zinc insulin was produced

  • Treatment and Prognosis

    Treatment: Special diet(80 g protein, 80 g fat, 160 g carbohydrates) and insulin
    Prognosis: check ups every three months

  • 1950

    1950
    Diagnosis: high levels of glucose and weaker pulse
    Treatment:Special diet( 80g protein, 80g fats, 160g carbohydrates) and insulin
    Prognosis: check up every 3 months

  • Lente insulin introduced

  • 1954

    1954
    Lente insulins introduced

  • 1955

    1955
    First oral drug for diabetes created called carbutamide

  • 1960

    1960
    Urine strips are created for at home testing

  • Treatment and Prognosis

    Treatment: intensive care, insulin and fluids intravenously, monitor glucose, potassium, and electrolytes, daily injections of insulin.
    Prognosis: check ups

  • 1998

    1998
    Diagnosis: Uses urinalysis to check for keytones in urine
    Treatment: intensive care, insulin and fluids given intravenously, diet, monitored closely
    Prognosis: check ups

  • 2015

    Edward Damiano introduces the iLet. The iLet is a bionic pancreas that delivers both insulin and glucagon every five minutes

  • 2018

    2018
    Regular exercise, insulin, dieting, checking blood pressure, and other medicines can now be used to treat diabetes.