The girl to whom we owe the asthma inhaler, the invention that revolutionized the treatment of this disease
Inhalers are a vital element for people with asthma. And it was a 13-year-old girl, whose father ran a pharmaceutical company, who gave the kickoff that led to its development in the US in the 1950s. “Dad, why can’t they put my asthma medicine in a spray can, like they do with hairspray?” This was …
