GENERAL HISTOLOGY

LIVER PANCREAS

PANCREAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bonus:Diabetes was once diagnosed by tasting urine.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1674 the Oxford University physician was far from the first doctor to taste urine, but he was the first Western doctor we know of to connect the sweetness of urine to the condition of its owner, a person suffering the effects of diabetes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The body tries to get rid of the extra glucose in the urine, and this can cause a sweet smell. People with sweet-smelling urine due to diabetes may notice other symptoms, including: exhaustion. extreme thirst.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1674, Thomas Willis (1621-1675) first differentiated diabetes from other causes of polyuria by the sweet taste (quasi melle) of diabetic urine and suggested that the sweetness first appears in the blood.

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