A Century of Arterial Hypertension
Subtitle: 1896 - 1996
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: March 11, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780471967880
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; History of medicine; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Medical / Nursing; Hypertensive Diseases; Medical; diagnosis; Cardiology; Medical / Cardiology; History; Hypertension
First sentence: The earliest measurements of blood pressure by Hales in 1773 and Poiseuille in 1828, were performed in mares and dogs.