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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

DOBSON, Matthew (1731 – 1784)

1731 – 1784

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1776 CE

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Experiments and observations on the urine in a diabetes.

DOBSON, Matthew (1731 – 1784)

Dobson proved that the sweetish taste of diabetic urine was produced by sugar, an observation following on Willis’s discovery of the sweetness of diabetic urine. He also discovered hyperglycemia.