Practical advice, medical, dietetic, &c. to invalids subject to asthma and winter cough : containing instructions for effectually preventing the asthmatic paroxysm, and winter or constitutional cough, and for prolonging life, &c. &c. &c / by a senior physician of a London institution.

  • Senior physician of a London institution.
Date:
1823
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Credit: Practical advice, medical, dietetic, &c. to invalids subject to asthma and winter cough : containing instructions for effectually preventing the asthmatic paroxysm, and winter or constitutional cough, and for prolonging life, &c. &c. &c / by a senior physician of a London institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    OF ASTHMA. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF ASTHMA. If I were to form an opinion of the prevalence of Asthma, in this country, from the reports of invalids affected with chronic diseases of the chest, disturbing the functions of the lungs, or from the bills of mortality, I should say, that it is much more frequent than any other malady; but the fact is, not one tenth of the affections that are so denominated are true Asthma. Asthma, by medical writers, is divided B