The Dietetic Control of Some Forms of Hypertension and the Associated Gastrointestinal and Nervous Symptoms
Authors: V. C. Rowland
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 February 1932The Dietetic Control of Some Forms of Hypertension and the Associated Gastrointestinal and Nervous SymptomsV. C. ROWLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.V. C. ROWLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-8-971 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is extraordinary, in view of the available facts, that the profession has so largely ignored the therapeutic possibilities of diet and weight control in certain forms of hypertension associated with plethora and gastrointestinal and nervous symptoms.By way of introduction, a brief reference to the literature of hypertension will be of interest.From the time of George Johnson in 1868, and of Gull and Sutton in 1872, the subject of vascular disease has been continuously studied, and approached mainly from the pathological viewpoint. After much controversy as to the characteristic changes in the intima and media, there seems to...References BAUER J: Über Fettsucht, Wien. klin. Wchnschr., 1926, xxxix, 233-237. Google Scholar BAUMAN L: Obesity: recent reports in the literature and results of treatment, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xc, 22-24. CrossrefGoogle Scholar DUBLINFISKKOPF LIELEW: Physical defects as revealed by periodic health examinations, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1925, clxx, 576-594. CrossrefGoogle Scholar FISK EL: The relationship of high blood pressure to other impairments, Am. Med., 1923, xxix, 446-454. Google Scholar FOSTER NB: The relations of hypertension to cardiorenal diseases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1922, clxiv, 808-819. CrossrefGoogle Scholar GRAFE E: Theorie und Praxis der Entfettungskuren, Med. Klin., 1929, xxv, 373-375. Google Scholar GRAFEKOCH ER: Über den Einfluss langdauernder, starker Übernährung auf die Intensität der Verbrennungen im menschlichen Organismus (Untersuchungen bei Mastkuren), Deutsches Arch. f. klin. Med., 1912, cvi, 564-591. Google Scholar KERNOHANANDERSONKEITH JWEWNM: The arterioles in cases of hypertension, Arch. Int. Med., 1929, xliv, 395-423. CrossrefGoogle Scholar KREMER DN: Obesity; observations on treatment by dietary measures, Ann. Int. Med., 1930-31, n. s. iv, 909-917. Google Scholar LIEBESNY P: Die spezifisch-dynamische Eiweisswirkung, Biochem. Ztschr., 1924, cxliv, 308-350. Google Scholar MASTEROPPENHEIMER AMET: A study of obesity: circulatory, roentgen-ray and electrocardiographic investigations, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xcii, 1652-1656. CrossrefGoogle Scholar NEWBURGHJOHNSTON LHMW: Endogenous obesity; misconception, Jr. Am. Dietet. Assoc., 1930, v, 275-285. CrossrefGoogle Scholar PREBLE WE: Obesity: observations on one thousand cases, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1923, clxxxviii, 617-621. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ROLLY F: Zum Stoffwechsel bei der Fettsucht, Deutsche med. Wchnschr., 1921, xlvii, 887-889. CrossrefGoogle Scholar ROSE RH: Weight reduction—its indications in high blood pressure, Am. Med., 1923, xxix, 418-420. Google Scholar TERRY AH: Obesity and hypertension. Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxxi, 1283-1284. CrossrefGoogle Scholar WANGSTROUSESAUNDERS CCSAD: Studies on the metabolism of obesity. III. The specific dynamic action of food, Arch. Int. Med., 1924, xxxiv, 573-583. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Given before the American Gastro-Enterological Association at Atlantic City, May 4, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 February 1932Volume 5, Issue 8Page: 971-981KeywordsDietHypertensionVascular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...