Watson R Ann, Pride Neil B
a Department of Respiratory Medicine, NHLI , Imperial College , London , United Kingdom.
COPD. 2016;13(2):262-73. doi: 10.3109/15412555.2015.1043521. Epub 2015 Sep 29.
COPD has become a more popular research area in the last 3 decades, yet the first clear descriptions of acute and chronic bronchitis were in 1808. This brief history, comprehensively referenced, leads us through the early developments in respiratory physiology and their applications. It emphasises the early history of chronic bronchitis and emphysema in the 19(th) and early 20(th) centuries, long before the dominant effects of cigarette smoking emerged. This remains relevant to developing countries today.
在过去三十年中，慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）已成为一个更热门的研究领域，但对急性和慢性支气管炎的首次明确描述却是在1808年。这段有全面参考文献的简史引领我们了解呼吸生理学的早期发展及其应用。它着重介绍了19世纪和20世纪初慢性支气管炎和肺气肿的早期历史，远在吸烟的主要影响出现之前。这在当今发展中国家仍然具有现实意义。
