History of Medicine Department, Medical school, University of Athens, Greece.
Hormones (Athens). 2012 Jan-Mar;11(1):109-13. doi: 10.1007/BF03401545.
The name Aretaeus of Cappadocia has been linked with diabetes more than that of any other physician of antiquity, his texts forming a sophisticated synthesis of the previous knowledge on this disease copiously supplemented by his own observations. Gifted with a unique faculty for observing pathologic phenomena, he was able to elaborate upon earlier texts enriching them with his own original findings and numerous thoughtful reflections. Among the many diseases he dealt with, Aretaeus has bequeathed to us an outstandingly vivid and accurate description of diabetes.
卡帕多西亚的阿雷塔乌斯（Aretaeus of Cappadocia）的名字与糖尿病的联系比古代的任何其他医生都要多，他的著作是对该疾病的先前知识的精湛综合，大量补充了他自己的观察结果。他具有独特的观察病理现象的能力，能够在前人的著作基础上进行阐述，用自己的原创发现和众多深思熟虑的见解丰富它们。在他所处理的众多疾病中，阿雷塔乌斯为我们留下了对糖尿病的极为生动和准确的描述。
