Uveitis was first discovered by Hippocrates, a Greek physician, and was well known to other major medical physicians, such as Galen and Aëtius of Amida. In 1952, corticosteroids were used to treat uveitis for the first time.^[1]

• Uveitis is an ancient disease.
• Uveitis was first discovered by Hippocrates, a Greek physician, and was well known to other major medical physicians, such as Galen and Aëtius of Amida.^[1]
• In 1806, Antonio Scarpa, an Italian anatomist, described a uveitis case study and the treatment of the disease for the first time in modern literature.^[2]
• In 1830, William Mackenzie, a Scottish physician, described uveitis for the first time in English medical literature.^[1][3]
• In 1952, corticosteroids were used to treat uveitis for the first time.^[1]