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The word 'asthma' is derived from a Greek word 'aazein' which means "sharp breath". A Greco-Roman doctor, Galen (130-201 BC) suggested treatment of asthma with wine mixed in owl's blood. Even during the 19th century, asthma medication was delivered via smoke to a patient's lungs. It was only during the 1960s that a link between inflammation and asthma was found, leading physicians to find ways of practical...
3/16/2011 5:24:05 AM