History
Diabetes (“to pass through” in Greek) mellitus (“sweet, like honey” in Latin) was described in the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus of 1550 b.c. as “to eliminate urine which is too plentiful,” that is, polyuria. In the fifth century b.c., Indian surgeon Sushruta, in his work Samhita, described diabetes as “madhumeha” (honey-like urine) with a sweet taste and sticky to the touch that attracts the attention of ants. In the