The Present Conception of Essential Hypertension

September 14, 1929JAMA

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To review the historical evolution of blood pressure measurement techniques and early clinical concepts surrounding essential hypertension.
Historical synthesis of medical literature and diagnostic technology assessing arterial tension from the late nineteenth through early twentieth century.
Clinical evaluation of blood pressure began in the late nineteenth century with early instruments like von Basch's sphygmomanometer and Cabot's early clinical observations.
Early investigators linked elevated arterial tension to increased peripheral vascular resistance, left ventricular hypertrophy, and chronic interstitial nephritis.

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A historical overview of the early development of blood pressure measurement and the conception of essential hypertension.

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Arthur Stanley Granger (1929) studied this question.

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