Glomectomy in the Treatment of Chronic Bronchial Asthma

Abstract

THE proper management of the patient with chronic recurring bronchial asthma taxes the patience, ingenuity and integrity of the physician. Too often, as with many chronic diseases, the hope of "surgical cures" is brought up. Benefit has been described after a wide variety of surgical procedures, and, indeed, their proponents have "suggested" that these measures are specific.¹ Occasionally, brilliant (temporary) results in patients with chronic bronchial asthma have been reported after procedures attacking the sympathetic or parasympathetic (vagal) system or both. This is a functional type of surgery that does not aim at the root of the disorder being treated. . . .