Talk:History of hypertension
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A good summary prior to modern treatment era, with a survey of the proof of efficacy of treatment. http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/XFBBGL.pdf Historical Development of Antihypertensive Treatment by Edward D. Freis from Hyperlension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. Second Edition. edited by J.H. Laragh and B.M. Brenner, Raven Press, Ltd., New York 0 1995. Mulp (talk) 20:31, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
History of tolerated limits, respectively recommendations for them
The prevailing rules, to define «high blood pressure» haven't been the same all the time. Previously there has been more tolerance for elder people. Quite surprising is also, that the tolerance should be the same for all people, young, old, big, small, heavy, light... It may be desirable, that heavy people lose weight. But as long as they don't a higher blood pressure might be necessary? Werfur (talk) 15:13, 27 February 2023 (UTC)