RT Journal
T1 EOsinophilous bronchitis.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1899
FD September 23
VO XXXIII
IS 13
SP 798
OP 799
DO 10.1001/jama.1899.02450650048007
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450650048007
AB The establishment of an eosinophilous bronchitis, by Hoffmann of Leipzig, rests on the occurrence of a bronchial catarrh in which the sputum is exceptionally rich in eosinophilous cells. The condition is now described somewhat more fully as a more or less distinct disease, by Teichmüller1. Nothing is as yet known concerning its pathologic anatomy, because the disease is not fatal, and opportunity to study the morbid changes can only be secured through some accident. The real cause and the exact nature of this disease, as well as that of asthma, are unknown. The disease is a form of chronic bronchitis which, when undisturbed by treatment, is characterized by intermissions of good health; the patients do not suffer very acutely, and consequently they do not as a rule seek the aid of a physician until some time after the beginning of the symptoms. The complaints then made resemble wholly some