Title:

Experimental and Clinical Evaluation in Man of Hexamethonium (C6), A New Ganglionic Blocking Agent

Creator:

Finnerty, Frank A., Jr
Freis, Edward D.

Date:

December 1950

Description:

In this follow-up to an earlier article by several British researchers, Finnerty and Freis confirmed that Hexamethonium acted longer and produced a greater degree of sympathetic blockade than tetraethylammonium, a ganglion-blocking agent that was found to be a poor treatment for chronic hypertension.. Presented in part before the national meeting of the American Federation of Clinical Research, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May, 1950.

Periodical:

Circulation

Publisher:

American Heart Association

Location:

Box: 7. Folder: 19

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Hypertension, Antihypertensive Agents, Ganglionic Blockers, and Hexamethonium

Format:

Text

Extent:

9 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Finnerty, Frank A. Jr, and Edward D. Freis. "Experimental and Clinical Evaluation in Man of Hexamethonium (C6), A New Ganglionic Blocking Agent." Circulation II, 6 (December 1950): 828-836. Article. 9 Images.. Circulation

Legacy ID:

XFBBFZ

NLM ID:

101584929X83

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X83

Story Section:

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