Exactly, seems like there was no diabetes in 1900
Diabetes is an ancient disease, identifiable since the 1st Century A.D. One of its more famous accounts was from the 17th Century, when a rather arrogant English Knight summoned a rather arrogant doctor, greeting him while being half dressed on a settee, then curtly said:
” ‘So, Quack! I am a dead man, for I piss sweet!”
“Do ye?”, replied the Doctor, “Then prithee piss upon your toes, for they stink damnably!” And, turning on his heels, departed.