The Breath of Life Exhibition

Mind, Body, Spirit

Symptoms of Breathlessness
Restoring the Life Force
The Natural and the Supernatural
Natural Healing
Healing Herbs
Origins of Western Medicine
Four Humors
Maimonides and Asthma
Botany and Anatomy

Asthma: From Symptom to Disease

Doctors and Patients in Hospitals
Asthma in Focus
Asthma Under the Skin
Marketing Mass-produced Medicines
Stock-in-Trade
Manufacturing Asthma Treatment
Advertising Asthma Relief
Mail Order Medicine
Smoking Your Asthma Away

Four Perspectives on Asthma

Oxygen & the Chemical Revolution
Pulmonary Medicine: From TB to Asthma
Measured Breath
Medicine in the Air
Changing Missions in Public Health
Allergy & Asthma
Emotions & Asthma
A Climate for Healing
Breathing on the Job
Air Pollution & Asthma

Cures & Conundrums

Adrenal Extract to Adrenaline
Plants to Pharmaceuticals
The Medical Marketplace
Alternative Medicines

Living with Asthma Today: Erica's Story

A Difficult Diagnosis 1982
Fom One Emergency to the Next 1985
Coping with Asthma 1988
Paying for Asthma 1993
Patients & Physicians Working Together 1994
Who is Responsible?
Progress, Questions & Challenges

 

The Faces of Asthma

Past

Present

 

Research

Managing Your Asthma

Asthma can be Controlled
Delevoping a Doctor-Patient Relationship
Taking the Right Medicines at the Right Time
Monitoring Asthma at Home
Avoiding Asthma Triggers

Asthma Research Today

Inflammation in the Airways
Understanding Allergies & Asthma
Stopping Asthma Before It Starts
The Genetics of Asthma
Do Viral Infections Cause or Prevent Asthma?
New Medicines for Asthma
Managing Asthma

Public Health Education

 

Resources

 

Interactives

 

Acknowledgments