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We should mention that he is credited with coining the term "diabetes", as well as an early description of coeliac disease. JFW | T@lk 22:34, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aretaeus is also credited with being the first to write that mania and melancholia may be phases of one disease: what used to be manic-depressive disease and is now called bipolar affective disorder or simply bipolar disorder. NRPanikker 14:01, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The link to http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/dh/ is not working right now (as of 13:46, Thursday December 12 2024 (UTC)) - I mailed them and got following answer today:

This machine has crashed - the replacement has been ordered and it should be back early next week.
Thank you for your interest! 

--katpatuka 17:19, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]