Tag Michael Kaplan MD

Background The concept that ordinary bodily fluids could yield insight into physiology emerged from the examination of urine. In fact, laboratory medicine began 6,000 years ago when Sumerian and Babylonian physicians recorded onto clay tablets their reflections on urine, thus…

Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) have been around for as long as humans have had urinary tracts. Hippocrates believed that symptoms were caused by an imbalance of four humors. Ancient treatment regimens in the pre-antibiotic era ranged from bed rest…