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de Ketham revisited: a modern‐day urine wheel
Author(s) -
Diskin Charles J
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02232.x
Subject(s) - urine , medicine
During the Middle Ages, uroscopy was an important tool for evaluating health, and medical practitioners often carried Johannes de Ketham's urine wheel as a diagnostic aid. In honour of de Ketham, a modern urine wheel is presented, which may be a useful diagnostic tool for present-day physicians.