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Abstract
Increasing experience has modified our concepts of bronchial asthma; it is no longer considered a hopeless disease. Competent care of the asthmatic requires more than prescribing symptomatic medication. It is necessary to dissociate allergic from nonallergic components, to identify the antigen and establish the degree of sensitivity, to correlate positive skin reactions with clinical symptoms, to estimate respiratory defect by pulmonary function tests before and after bronchodilators, and to instruct the patient in the control of acute attacks as well as in a long-term program for normal living.