Catching My Breath An Asthmatic Explores His Illness

Name: Catching My Breath An Asthmatic Explores His Illness
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ISBN: 9780812921823

ISBN-10: 0812921828

ISBN-13: 9780812921823

Edition: 1994

Authors: Tim Brookes

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"One night in November 1991, National Public Radio essayist Tim Brookes, who had suffered from mild asthma for thirty years, suddenly found his throat and chest starting to close up in a terrifying internal claustrophobia. He was suffering a near-fatal asthma attack. Jolted out of his state of steady denial, Brookes began a passionate and fascinating quest into the mysteries of asthma. Catching My Breath: An Asthmatic Explores His Illness is the entertaining and eloquent result of that quest." "Brookes surveys the dubious history of asthma treatments (which include decayed flesh, "parentectomy," and tea made of cockroach intestines). He consults five doctors, who offer five conflicting…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/14/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 291
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English