Asthma: The Biography
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2009
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-923795-1 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-923795-1 (ISBN)
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The story of asthma stretches from antiquity to the present day, and perceptions of the disease have shifted with time. Mark Jackson describes not only the growing medical understanding of asthma, but shifting cultural views, from artisans' disease to Proust's elegant suffering. Asthma is part of the series, Biographies of Diseases.
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 of artisans. Things changed again in the 19th century, as medical understanding grew with the advent of the stethoscope and new techniques such as percussion of the chest. New treatments included the promotion of mountain spas, for asthma now rose in social status, and became associated with the upper classes and the literati. For Marcel Proust and Charles Dickens, asthma shaped their lives and their creativ
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 of artisans. Things changed again in the 19th century, as medical understanding grew with the advent of the stethoscope and new techniques such as percussion of the chest. New treatments included the promotion of mountain spas, for asthma now rose in social status, and became associated with the upper classes and the literati. For Marcel Proust and Charles Dickens, asthma shaped their lives and their creativ
Prologue ; 1. Classical asthma ; 2. The anatomy of asthma ; 3. Asthma and allergy ; 4. Modern asthma ; Epilogue
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.10.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Biographies of Disease |
| Zusatzinfo | 15 halftone illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 384 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-923795-6 / 0199237956 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-923795-1 / 9780199237951 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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