AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT

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Article1 September 1937AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTTHE CLASS METHOD IN THE TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION*ROBERT W. BUCK, M.D.ROBERT W. BUCK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-3-514 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWe are able to treat successfully such diseases as syphilis, allergic asthma or congestive heart failure because we have a good deal of accurate knowledge concerning their etiology and pathology; in the case of other conditions such as scurvy, malaria or pernicious anemia the lack of such knowledge did not prevent the discovery of a specific cure. Essential hypertension belongs to a third group of clinical entities, the etiology and pathology of which remain to a considerable extent obscure and for which there is no specific treatment. Fortunately perhaps, our profession has never permitted a deficiency in its knowledge of...References1. AYMAN D: An evaluation of therapeutic results in essential hypertension, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xcv, 246-249. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. AYMANPRATT DJH: Nature of the symptoms associated with essential hypertension, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlvii, 675-687. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PRATT JH: The influence of emotions in the causation and cure of psychoneuroses, Internat. Clin., 1934, iv, Series 44, 1-16. Google Scholar4. HINDHEDE M: Das dänische Rationierungs-experiment, Skand. Arch. f. Physiol., 1925-6, xlvii, 102-120. Google Scholar5. JACOBSON E: You must relax, 1934, Whittlesey House, New York and London. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ROBERT W. BUCK, M.D.Affiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication April 7, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBehavioral Approaches to HypertensionA little more than medicineSituation/transition groups: A conceptualization and review.Group Psychotherapy With Suicidal Persons: a Comparison With Standard Group MethodsGROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY IN BRONCHIAL ASTHMAShort-Term Group Therapy of Patients with Parkinson's DiseaseSOME INTERPERSONAL FACTORS IN ILLNESSThe blood pressure in essential hypertension: Effect of several reputedly hypotensive drugsPHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF EXTENSIVE SYMPATHECTOMY FOR ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS*EDGAR V. ALLEN, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALFRED W. ADSON, M.D. 1 September 1937Volume 11, Issue 3Page: 514-518KeywordsAllergic diseasesAsthmaClinical pathologyEtiologyHeart diseasesHeart failureHypertensionMalariaPernicious anemiaSyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...