The Pathogenesis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Emphysema
Ayres, S.M.
Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey 61: 107-109
1964
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-7524 PMID: 14131470 Document Number: 10035
The great contribution of the past two decades has been the re-discovery of emphysema as an obstructive disease. Intelligent use of physiologic therapy will prolong the life of many individuals. The great promise of the future, however, lies in the unraveling of causative factors and the institution of programs of prevention. Treatment directed to the scarred and infected lung is supportive at best; the physician's treatment should be directed to those with early reversible disease. Emphysema is a disease of civilization, a disease of progress, a disease of air contamination. Certainly, further progress will lead to the irradication of this cruel malady.
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