Chronic bronchitis historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

Overview

Bronchitis was first described by Charles Badham in 1808. Rene Laennec, described COPD in details and categorized it as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Historical Perspective

Bronchitis was first described by Charles Badham in 1808 in England. He classified acute bronchitis to three forms by his definition (Br. acuta, asthenica and chronica)^[1]
In 1821, Dr. Rene Laennec, known as the father of chest medicine, thanks in part to his invention of the stethoscope, described bronchitis in terms of emphysema and chronic bronchitis^[2]

John Hutchinson, by inventing Spirometer in 1846, established a new era for diagnosis of lung diseases by measuring the lung capacities

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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[pmid19343614-1] 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.

[2] terms(2016)https://lunginstitute.com/blog/history-of-chronic-bronchitis/accessed on September,13 2016

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Chronic bronchitis historical perspective

Overview

Historical Perspective

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