Asthma : the biography /

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Author / Creator:	Jackson, Mark, 1959-
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 249 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	[Biographies of disease] Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)
Subject:	Asthma -- History. Asthma -- history. Asthma. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11282353

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ISBN:	9780191571596 0191571598 9780199237951 0199237956 9786612383403 6612383402
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Asthma is a familiar and growing disease today, but its story goes back to the ancient world, as we know from accounts in ancient texts from China, India, Greece and Rome. It was treated with acupuncture and Ayurveda. As Western medicine developed, the nature of asthma became clearer, and its basis in the lungs recognized. But cultural perceptions of the disease shifted too. By the 18th century, with recognition that the disease was centred on the lungs, the idea of environmental triggers such as dust and smoke first became recognized. And with that, asthma also became identified as a disease o.
Other form:	Print version: Jackson, Mark, 1959- Asthma. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780199237951

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