Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Hiawatha

  • The song of diabetes

    Annabelle SlingerlandWouter JukemaThe Netherlands We would like to thank Dr. Robin Seeley and Rosemary McNally. Preface Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are now so routinely diagnosed and treated that we rarely consider their origins. However, this distinction did not officially exist until it first appeared in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) in 1965.…