Asthma

a chronic shortne of breath, from whatever cause it may arise. ‘Till a comparatively recent period good medical writers used the term in this wide sense, and non-profe ional writers and the public do so still, Asthma, or spasmodic asthma, is “a difficulty of breathing, recurring in paroxysms,-after intervals of comparatively good health, and usually accompanied by fever.” It is most comnion in persons po e ing the nervous temperament.