On the term diabetes in the works of Aretaeus and Galen.
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THE word diabetes comes from the Greek verb Sa,aivco (diabaino) which means I go or I run through; and StapATriS (diabetes) the thing the fluid runs through, that is a siphon or a water-pipe. The term diabetes seems to have been introduced into medical nomenclature by Aretaeus (Hirsch 1883, Reed 1954, etc.). Aretaeus' description of the disease runs, according to Francis Adams' translation of 1856 (pp. 338-9), as follows:
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Medical History
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1969