Title:

Hypertension: Current Status of Therapy--Hope for the Future

Creator:

Freis, Edward D.

Date:

July 1956

Description:

This "current status" report--one of many that Freis wrote throughout his long career--was completed just prior to thiazide diuretics becoming available for use in hypertension treatment. The National Medical Association was established in 1895 by African-American physicians unable to join the AMA because of their race.. Part of the Cardiovascular Conferences of Howard University and Freedman's Hospital, II, February 26, 1956.

Periodical:

The Journal of the National Medical Association

Publisher:

American Medical Association

Location:

Box: 7. Folder: 24

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the National Medical Association.

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents

Format:

Text

Extent:

12 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Freis, Edward D. "Hypertension: Current Status of Therapy--Hope for the Future." The Journal of the National Medical Association 48, 4 (July 1956): 252-263. Article. 12 Images.. The Journal of the National Medical Association

Legacy ID:

XFBBGP

NLM ID:

101584929X95

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X95

Story Section:

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