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Asthma [[electronic resource] ] : the biography / / Mark Jackson



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Autore: Jackson Mark <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Asthma [[electronic resource] ] : the biography / / Mark Jackson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina: 616.2/38
Soggetto topico: Asthma - History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Classical asthma -- Asthma redefined -- Asthma, allergy, and the mind -- Asthma in the modern world.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Asthma  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-383-03704-3
0-19-162282-6
1-282-38340-X
9786612383403
0-19-157159-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780814103321
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Serie: Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)