YOKKAICHI POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUSEUM FOR FUTURE AWARENESS


Treatment of Respiratory Tract Diseases 2211

There was no definitive treatment for asthma at the time, but only treatment of symptoms, which mainly involved injecting a bronchodilator agent or usingβstimulants.
When even injections of aminophylline, considered the most effective agent available at the time, did not work, the patient had to be hospitalized.