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did not associate well pressed clothes with frivolity | did not associate well pressed clothes with frivolity | ||
and wanted to help Dr. C to cure all the people | and wanted to help Dr. C to cure all the people | ||
whose blood | whose blood pressures tended to run above 180/90. | ||
With his support an ambitious project was launched | With his support an ambitious project was launched | ||
which provided for the study, under hospital conditions, | which provided for the study, under hospital conditions, | ||
of hypertension as it occurred in the | of hypertension as it occurred in the | ||
toxemias of pregnancy, that stormy and often | |||
fatal complication of the last trimester. There | fatal complication of the last trimester. There | ||
the cause of hypertension was definitely | the cause of hypertension was definitely | ||
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such matters and the keeping of records after | such matters and the keeping of records after | ||
which Medical Director and the Obstetrical | which Medical Director and the Obstetrical | ||
Director left for their offices | Director left for their offices arm in | ||
Latest revision as of 14:25, 21 July 2021
least one exceedingly wealthy patient who did not associate well pressed clothes with frivolity and wanted to help Dr. C to cure all the people whose blood pressures tended to run above 180/90. With his support an ambitious project was launched which provided for the study, under hospital conditions, of hypertension as it occurred in the toxemias of pregnancy, that stormy and often fatal complication of the last trimester. There the cause of hypertension was definitely related to the pregnancy, hence probably to the hormonal changes characteristic of pregnancy. With this rather vague correlation in mind, the patients were to be transferred from the County Hospital by one of the senior obstetricians who also served on our attending staff, to a special room in Passavant where we would study them. Everything seemed to be well organized and our "team" had several meetings to discuss such matters and the keeping of records after which Medical Director and the Obstetrical Director left for their offices arm in