Biology
- Lung Capacity
We will try and detrmine our lung capacities with a spirometer and by using an inverted plastic bottle full of water. Have a look at the following link to see the terms used for lung capacity: Determining lung capacity...
- Pyothorax
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- Sthethoscope
Term: stethoscopeOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/stethos(=brest)+ ??????/scopos(=aim, look at) CoinedThe stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French phycisian Rene Laennec at the Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris. One day, when he...
- Asthma
Term : asthma Origin:...
- Pneumonia
Term: pneumonia Origin: Anc Greek ???????/pneumon(=lung) >????/pneo(=blow) à lung disease Coined : Hippocrates (460 BC- 370 BC) was the first physician to accurately described the symptoms of pneumonia although he mentioned that...
Biology
pneumothorax
Term: pneumothorax
Origin: Anc Greek
???????/pneumon(=lung) >
????/pneo(=blow)
+ ?????/thorax(=thorax)
Coined:
Spontaneous pneumothorax has long been associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and was coined in 1803, by Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, (1774-1838)
Definition
Pneumonothorax is a collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity of the chest between the lung and the chest wall resulting in collapse of the lung on the affected side. It may occur spontaneously as well as a result of underlying lung diseases(eg cystic fibrosis, (COPD), lung cancer, asthma chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ), after an open chest wound that permits the entrance of air, or as a complication of medical treatment.
a student of René Laennec the inventor of stethoscope. Laennec himself described systematically the clinical picture in 1819.
- Lung Capacity
We will try and detrmine our lung capacities with a spirometer and by using an inverted plastic bottle full of water. Have a look at the following link to see the terms used for lung capacity: Determining lung capacity...
- Pyothorax
...
- Sthethoscope
Term: stethoscopeOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/stethos(=brest)+ ??????/scopos(=aim, look at) CoinedThe stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French phycisian Rene Laennec at the Necker-Enfants malades Hospital in Paris. One day, when he...
- Asthma
Term : asthma Origin:...
- Pneumonia
Term: pneumonia Origin: Anc Greek ???????/pneumon(=lung) >????/pneo(=blow) à lung disease Coined : Hippocrates (460 BC- 370 BC) was the first physician to accurately described the symptoms of pneumonia although he mentioned that...