The Medical Management of Arterial Hypertension

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Abstract
THE availability of powerful hypotensive agents has placed new responsibilities on the physician caring for patients with hypertensive disease. Slightly over a decade ago the medical armamentarium for hypertension consisted of sedatives such as barbiturates and bromides, vasodilators such as the nitrites and xanthines, thiocyanates and reassurance.1 The advantages of salt restriction originally proposed by Allen2 in 1920 and Allen and Sherrill3 in 1922 did not have wide recognition. In fact, diet was recommended only for obesity. The role and the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic measures were, however, well understood.4 , 5 The large group of patients with "essential" hypertension were generally considered . . .