Asthma
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Asthma refers to sudden attacks of suffocation that last for varying durations and then relatively quickly cease. Between attacks, shortness of breath may be completely absent or, if present, does not reach the severe characteristic of asthmatic attacks. Asthma can be caused by various etiological factors and includes several types such as bronchial, cardiac, uremic, occupational, dyspeptic, uterine, anaphylactic, and nervous asthma.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ASTHMA (from the Greek asthma - shortness of breath, suffocation), sudden attacks of suffocation that last for more or less prolonged time and then cease relatively quickly. In the intervals between such attacks, shortness of breath may be completely absent, and if it does exist, it does not reach such a severe degree as that which characterizes asthmatic attacks. Asthma can be caused by various etiological factors. The following types of asthma are distinguished: bronchial, cardiac, uremic; asthma as an occupational disease [asthma of grinders, lead asthma (see Lead)]; asthma arising reflexively from organs of the abdominal cavity - dyspeptic, uterine; anaphylactic asthma, which also includes hay fever, and nervous asthma. (Dyspeptic asthma - see Digestion, in children.)
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“Asthma.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/asthma/