Asthma: The Biography
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199237956
ISBN13:9780199237951
Release Date:December 2009
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:249 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.3" x 7.8"
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