Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-22
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
Soft Pressure In Hard Artcrtc,


People had blood pressure we'll as neuritis
and adenoids md appendicitis and even ou-
tointoxication. long before grandma was horn.
only they didn't talk and read so much abou,
II do nowadays. They lust GRIM ed
and bore it turned up their toes or said
maybe they'd outgrow II. Blood pressure has
always been. At least since Adam was given
something To worry about But after all. IL
is good thing we have blood pressure. for
II IL absolutely essential for the proper cir
culntIon OF tho blood. So when You hear Of
any one having blood pressure you may know
that at any rate he is stnl alive.
Arteries began hardening in living men
long before Harvey won his position ms a COPY
book character. only in the old DAYS the doc
tors weren't SO arbitrary as they are now a nd
didn't conclude that the hardening In the ar
teries accounted for the mans age For nil
they knew the mans entire system might he
undergoing similar degeneration though
they could only speculate about II. becaus.
it was Illegal immoral or sacrilegious ,,
attempt an inside investigation of such mat
The fancy that hardening process in the
arteries Is the determinant factor OF ssnIli,v
old is founded upon the most nri,ni
tive study of the arteries. With a finger on
the radial tpulse) or temporal artery ono
i""Is tn" artery and rolls It under the finger
as tense cord. II II Is hardening or hardened
The healthy. young normal artery cannot
he DISTINGUISHED from soft Tissues Nv ,bo
hnger. The arteries of the.-aRed are mos.
frequently pRlpable: crEo. THE man IL as
oio as his arteries. But 1t requires a more
educated touch to note tho dryness Of the
skin its lack Of oil. though tho man is ms.
rs surely rs old as his skin the woman too
sun more SKIN is required 10 determine tho
condition Of the muscles. or the bones or tho
various ORGANS. yet the is as old as the
oldest of these. Much more nearly correct
ana scientific to say man or woman is rs
Young AZ he or she jump high than To
ara" any arbitrary conclusions from the feet
OF tho arteries.
An Individual whose blood pressure 10
markedly EreateS than tho normal ,and
decline 10 tell anybody what tho normal &c
'"r any aE") commonly has arteries which
can be distinguished under tho Anger and
'his fact readily suggests to tho nerpert
hardening of the arteries. But when and
II we excessive blood pressure IS brought
within normal bounds again. the error be
comes evident, for the arteries cannot
ne paipated Increased blood pressure ia
not necessarily indicative of hardening or
hardened arteries. ON the contrary the ex
animation OF series OF persons with nm
Questionable arteriosclerosis (hardenin. Of
the artcrtcs) demonstrates that consider
ahic snare. perhaps the majority do not bavc
hieh blood pressure. when this poIn, Is ac
curately determined by measurement, n ma
1ortE OF cases of acknowledgements will ho
lonnd with blood pressure rather too low
fcrhaps the most significant thing about n
blood pressure which is high enough TO pre-
vent or postpone tho issuance of n lrc In
surance policy to tho individual is the fro
quencN with which chronic nephri;is tBright's
disease) manifests itself In the suhseouop,
history blood pressure which IL above the
normal bounds should he a warning to In
Hestigatc carefully tn. state of the kidnovs
High blood pressure in itself is only onc
feature of disease