• Login
    View Item 
    •   UZ eScholar Home
    • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    • Social Sciences Research , IDS UK OpenDocs
    • View Item
    •   UZ eScholar Home
    • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
    • Social Sciences Research , IDS UK OpenDocs
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    The Medical Treatment of Systemic Hypertension

    Thumbnail
    Date
    1958-05
    Author
    Kauntze, Ralph
    Type
    Article
    Metadata
    Show full item record

    Abstract
    The diastolic blood pressure is the product of the cardiac output and the peripheral arteriolar tone. A resting level in excess of 100 mm. Hg. means that systemic hypertension is present. As such it contrasts with systolic hypertension, which is the reflection of stroke volume and rigidity of the aorta. It is important to emphasise this difference, for treatment when necessary is directed to the lowering of diastolic pressure. Bright’s (1827, 1835) original observations called attention to the kidney, when cardiac hypertrophy was not associated with valvular disease. Mahomed (1879) was among the first to measure blood pressure in Bright’s disease, using a modified Marey’s sphygmograph. Towards the turn of the century Tigerstedt and Bergmann (1898) isolated from the renal cortex a pressor substance which they named renin. It was not, however, until 1934 that Goldblatt et al. produced hypertension in dogs by constriction of the renal arteries. Subsequently Wilson and Byrom (1939) caused hypertension in the rat by constriction of one renal artery.
    Full Text Links
    Kauntze, R. (1958) The Medical Treatment of Systemic Hypertension. CAJM vol. 4, no. 5. (pp. 205-211.) UZ (formerly University College Rhodesia.), Harare (formerly salisbury) : UZ Publications.
    0008-9176
    http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/6597
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10646/2241
    Publisher
    UZ Publications (formerly University College of Rhodesia )
    Subject
    Health
    xmlui.dri2xhtml.METS-1.0.item-rights
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

    University of Zimbabwe (UZ) (formerly University College of Rhodesia)
    Collections
    • Social Sciences Research , IDS UK OpenDocs [1048]

    University of Zimbabwe: Educating To Change Lives!
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2020  DuraSpace | Contact Us | Send Feedback
     

     

    Browse

    All of UZ eScholarCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage StatisticsView Google Analytics Statistics

    University of Zimbabwe: Educating To Change Lives!
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2020  DuraSpace | Contact Us | Send Feedback