Sugar gruel
The sugar mucus (Hebrew Ruach HaGoijm , "sugar-breath") is a subtype of since the 19th century known bronchiectasis , a respiratory disease , characterized by sac-like extensions of parts of the bronchial system is characterized. In contrast to bronchiectasis, from which the philosopher Karl Jaspers also suffered, it is characterized by the sick person's sweetish breath. The coughed up purulent secretion also has a honey- to almond- like odor .
discovery
The name sugar gruel or Ruach HaGoijm goes back to the important Jewish doctor and scholar Moses ben Maimon ( Maimonides ). He discovered the disease in 1179 at the court of the Ayyubids and kept a diary of the course of the disease.
