Tag: Urine
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Laboratory medicine began 6000 years ago with the analysis of human urine
Laboratory medicine began 6000 years ago with the analysis of human urine, which was called uroscopy until the 17th century and today is termed urinalysis. Today physicians use urine to diagnose selective conditions but from ancient times until the Victorian era, urine was used as the primary diagnostic tool. Physicians spoke of urine as a ‘divine…
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Looking at the urine: the renaissance of an unbroken tradition
The wacky world of wee-wee wizardry! Welcome to the realm of urinalysis, where brave souls peer into the golden depths of human excretion and occasionally… gulp… take a sip! Picture this: You’re a lab technician, armed with nothing but a microscope and an iron stomach. Your mission? To boldly go where no sane person has…
