A disease of 1769 becomes a treatment in 2015 The Edinburgh physician William Cullen described the difference between ‘sweet’ diabetes (mell...
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Lithotomists: the first nephro-urological specialists
A sound has been passed from the penis into the bladder. With the genitalia held out of the way, and the patient strapped firmly to the tabl...
Proteinuria: a bad thing since 400 B.C.
Indicates risk of renal failure and death Isaac Sarrabat 1600; Physician examining a urine flask. (US National Library of Medicine) Hip...
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