How It All Began Would you believe that the earliest known mention of diabetes dates back to 1552 BC? That’s when Egyptian physician Hesy Ra described a condition marked by frequent urination—one of the first known symptoms of what we now recognize as diabetes. Elsewhere in the ancient world, legendary healers like Sushruta in India, Arataeus in Greece, and Thomas Willis in Europe w... https://www.freedomfromdiabetes.org/blog/post/history-of-diabetes-challenges-and-its-solutions/2595