The Mysterious Illness (1:5)

At the beginning of the previous century we knew very little about allergy and allergic asthma. In Denmark, where this story takes its beginning, it is believed that an allergic asthma attack in a child is the result of being spoilt. The “cure” is to cut the parents off from the child - especially the mother, who is usually the one raising the child at the time. But one doctor - Kaj Hedemann Baagøe - believes otherwise. And one groundbreaking visit at a hospital in America changes everything for him - and for Denmark as well.

This podcast is published by ALK and produced and developed by Rakkerpak Productions

Narrator: Nadia Nouamani

Written by Mads Gordon Ladekarl

Sound editing and sound mixing: René Slott

Music: Christian Schødts-Sørensen

Editor: Tor Arnbjørn