Title:

Rauwolfia Against High Blood Pressure

Creator:

de Kruif, Paul

Date:

August 1954

Description:

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."

Periodical:

Reader's Digest

Publisher:

Reader's Digest Association

Location:

Box: 6. Folder: 6

Rights:

Reprinted with permission from the August 1954 Reader's Digest. Copyright (c) 1954 by The Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Hypertension, Antihypertensive Agents, and Rauwolfia

Format:

Text

Extent:

6 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. de Kruif, Paul. "Rauwolfia Against High Blood Pressure." Reader's Digest 65, 388 (August 1954): 31-36. Article. 6 Images.. Reader's Digest

Legacy ID:

XFBBKB

NLM ID:

101584929X145

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X145

Story Section:

The Veterans Administration Hospital and Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1949-1964