Readings on Diabetes

Diabetes has a very long and well documented history. IDF Europe gathered relevant anecdotes, historical background and rich iconography in «Diabetes readings», to bring to life, in words and pictures, a number of emblematic personalities and facts relative to diabetes, a condition which affects over 60 million people in the European region, and over 530 million worldwide. These readings are meant for the diabetes community at large, including people living with diabetes, their carers and indeed the lay public. 1)Beginnings: from Pharaos to Paracelsus. 2)Anatomical dignity of the pancreas. 3)Uroscopy: the colors of urine. 4) Patron Saints. 5) Johann Georg Wirsung: murder in Padua. 6)Thomas Willis: sweet as honey 7) The exocrine pancreas. 8) Boissier de Sauvage de la Croix: the seven names of diabetes. 9) The age of diabetes enlightenment. 10) Claude Bernard: the modern phase of diabetology. 11) The race for insulin. 12) Christian Doppler: death in Venice. 13) The Leopard. 14) Scipione Riva Rocci: the sphygmomanometer. 15) Charles Dotter: diabetes vasculopaty.