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Acute bronchitis historical perspective
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Acute bronchitis was first described by Charles Badham in 1808. Dr. Rene Laennec described this disease in greater detail in 1821.
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
- Acute bronchitis was first described by Charles Badham in 1808 in England. He classified acute bronchitis into three forms by his definition (Br.acuta, asthenica and chronica).[1]
- In 1821, Dr. Rene Laennec, known as the “father of chest medicine,” in part to his invention of the stethoscope, described bronchitis in terms of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Klippe HJ, Kirsten D (2009). “[200 years of bronchitis–from 1808 to 2008]”. Pneumologie (in German). 63 (4): 228–30. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1119572. PMID 19343614.
- ↑ terms(2016)https://lunginstitute.com/blog/history-of-chronic-bronchitis/accessed on September,13 2016
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