TY - JOUR T1 - EOsinophilous bronchitis. Y1 - 1899/09/23 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450650048007 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 798 EP - 799 VL - XXXIII IS - 13 N2 - 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 SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450650048007 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450650048007 ER -