The Local and Constitutional Pathology of Bronchial Asthma
Authors: Ian G. Macdonald
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 August 1932The Local and Constitutional Pathology of Bronchial AsthmaIAN G. MACDONALD, C.M., L.M.C.C., M.D.IAN G. MACDONALD, C.M., L.M.C.C., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-2-253 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGrimm,1in 1925, found but thirty cases of bronchial asthma with autopsy findings and microscopic studies. Since that time, nine additional cases have been recorded: by Rackemann2(one), Kountz and Alexander3(three), Dehner4(two), Steinberg and Figley5(two), and Wright6(one). Of this total number of thirty-nine cases, careful studies have shown2that many of the cases earlier reported were not true bronchial asthma, while in not more than twelve cases can death be said to have resulted directly from asthmatic paroxysms. 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