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Aspects of laryngotracheobronchitis in African children

"Laryngotracheobronchitis" is a relatively recent term for infective upper airway disease (Baum, 1924). Prior to this "croup" was used by both public and profession to describe a train of laryngeal symptoms which sometimes were due to infection. The word derives from the Anglosaxon "kropan" (Neffson and Wishik, 1934a) or "hreopan" (MacKenzie,
1880) and although used earlier by Blair (MacKenzie, 1880; Eisner, 1959), was popularised in 1765 by the Scottish physician Home (Cormack, 18750). Both used the term in descriptions of what was probably diphtheria.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/31938
Date15 April 2020
CreatorsWesley, Anne Gardiner
PublisherFaculty of Health Sciences, Adolescent Health Research Institute
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Thesis, Doctoral
Formatapplication/pdf

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