02428nam 22006134a 450 991081434350332120230721005459.01-383-03704-30-19-162282-61-282-38340-X97866123834030-19-157159-8(CKB)2550000000001141(EBL)472302(OCoLC)505429931(SSID)ssj0000334914(PQKBManifestationID)11285689(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334914(PQKBWorkID)10272265(PQKB)11102848(Au-PeEL)EBL472302(CaPaEBR)ebr10358310(Au-PeEL)EBL4700199(CaONFJC)MIL238340(OCoLC)1024265314(MiAaPQ)EBC472302(EXLCZ)99255000000000114120090701d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAsthma[electronic resource] the biography /Mark JacksonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (262 p.)Biographies of diseaseDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-923795-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Classical asthma -- Asthma redefined -- Asthma, allergy, and the mind -- Asthma in the modern world.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 oBiographies of disease (Oxford, England)AsthmaHistoryAsthmaHistory.616.2/38Jackson Mark1959-322969MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814343503321Asthma4126067UNINA