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A singular case of diabetes, consisting entirely in the quality of the urine; with an inquiry into the different theories of that disease.

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Lond. med. J., 9, 286-308. 1788 CE.

Cawley was the first to suggest a relationship between the pancreas and diabetes, observing that the disease may follow injury to that organ.

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