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The symptoms of Bronchiectasis was discovered in the early 19th century. Eventually in 1950, using bronchography, Bronchiectasis was discovered as a pathology.

Bronchiectasis Historical Perspective

• Rene Theophile Hyacinthe wrote about the observation of suppurative phlegm in the early 19th century.
• Jean Athanase Sicard introduced contrast bronchography in 1922. The detailed imaging showed inflammatory and destructive changes in the airway.
• Lynne Reid linked the findings in bronchography to the pathology of bronchiectasis in 1950.