Sun, Sep-21-08, 08:32
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Experimenter
Posts: 25,896
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Plan: DDF
Stats: 202/185.4/179
BF:
Progress: 72%
Location: San Diego, CA
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Here's the time-line I found, very interesting: http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/...es-history.html
This one in particular:
Quote:
* Diabetes commonly diagnosed by 'water tasters,' who drank the urine of those suspected of having diabetes; the urine of people with diabetes was thought to be sweet-tasting. The Latin word for honey (referring to its sweetness), 'mellitus', is added to the term diabetes as a result.
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Now there's a job I don't think I'll apply for... |