World Hepatitis Day: In 1885, a mysterious outbreak after smallpox vaccination led doctors to investigate hepatitis, a medical puzzle that took decades to solve |
The history of hepatitis shows that scientific breakthroughs rarely happen overnight. For thousands of years, people saw yellow eyes, dark urine and unexplained liver disease, but no one knew what caused them. Ancient Chinese writings described outbreaks of jaundice nearly 5,000 years ago. Babylonian records also mention similar illnesses more than 2,500 years ago. Yet…
