Renal Hypertension

Abstract

UNDERSTANDING of disease develops through episodes of investigation: a clinical syndrome is recognized, interest is lively, overenthusiasm prevails, disillusionment sets in as the complexity of the problem becomes apparent, a fallow period ensues, and then, with the development of new methods, interest is reawakened and another episode of investigation begins. The problem of renal hypertension is no exception to this general rule. Over a hundred years ago, Bright associated renal disease with cardiac hypertrophy and fullness of the pulse; today, several types of renal hypertension are recognized, and much emphasis is given to the surgically correctible forms. But unbridled enthusiasm . . .