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(Lung Biology in Health and Disease. Vol. 208.) Second edition. Edited by Donald A. Mahler and Denis E. O'Donnell. 472 pp., illustrated. Boca Raton, Fla., Taylor & Francis, 2005. $199.95. ISBN 0-8247-2577-8.

This book on dyspnea will be useful to a wide audience of clinicians, and the book's subtitle, "Mechanisms, Measurement, and Management," reveals its important focus. The appealing chapter on the history of dyspnea by Kieran Killian tells the story from the origins of the illness as recorded in hieroglyphics in Mesopotamia (3300 B.C.) to modern views of sensory physiology and psychophysics.

In a remarkable chapter, "Language of Dyspnea," Richard M. Schwartzstein brings the reader up to date on the development of dyspnea questionnaires, clusters of dyspnea descriptions, and examples of phrases used by patients to describe their perceptions of dyspnea. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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