Freis's work is mentioned in this popular account of medical progress. The author, Paul de Kruif, also wrote the book that inspired Freis to pursue a career in medicine: The Microbe Hunters.
NOTE: Partially obscured heading on first page reads: "A new chemical weapon helps the family physician fight deadly hypertension."
Number of Image Pages:
6 (543,374 Bytes)
Date:
1954-08 (August 1954)
Creator:
de Kruif, Paul
Source:
Periodical: de Kruif, Paul. "Rauwolfia Against High Blood Pressure." Reader's Digest 65, 388 (August 1954): 31-36. Article.
Publisher:
Reader's Digest Association
Rights:
Reprinted with permission from the August 1954 Reader's Digest. Copyright (c) 1954 by The Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Hypertension
Antihypertensive Agents
Rauwolfia
Exhibit Category:
The Veterans Administration Hospital and Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1949-1964
