BRONCHIAL ASTHMA DUE TO ALLERGY TO TOBACCO SMOKE IN AN INFANT

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In the search for causes of bronchial asthma in infants and children, tobacco smoke is rarely considered. Therefore the following case report should be of interest. REPORT OF CASE A one year old white male infant was first seen in the office on Oct. 8, 1948, with a history of nasal discharge and asthma for the past 10 days. The delivery of the baby was normal; he was the first child of healthy parents. The mother had a history of urticaria from several foods, and the paternal grandfather had asthma. The baby did well until he was two months of age, when a skin rash was noted which cleared when wool was avoided. The child was breast fed until he was three months of age and was then given evaporated milk. About one week later, diarrhea and croup developed. These subsided in a few days, after a change to evaporated

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