The history of bronchial asthma from the ancient times till the Middle Ages

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 243-261

  Cserháti, Endre ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Drugs of asthma; Historical data; Pathomechanism of asthma

Indexed keywords

COCA EXTRACT; COCAINE; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; FERULA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAUSSUREA LAPPA EXTRACT; TEPOPOTE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARAB; ASTHMA; CARROT; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; EGYPT; GRAPE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; RHINITIS; THEORY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ASIA; ASTHMA; EUROPE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ROMAN WORLD;

EID: 10344263410     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.91.2004.3-4.8     Document Type: Review

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