THE DIETETIC TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND NEPHRITIS

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Editorial1 May 1950THE DIETETIC TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND NEPHRITISP. W. C.P. W. C.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-5-989 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany therapeutic procedures for the relief of hypertension, dietetic, medicinal and surgical, have been proposed during the past 50 years. When advocated with sufficient vigor and authority and supported by statistical evidence which seemed imposing, many of these have stimulated wide spread interest which has gradually waned as the results in practice fell far short of the expectations which had been aroused. At present we are near—probably a little past—the crest of a new wave of enthusiasm which followed the report of Kempner1of the successful use of a "rice-fruit-sugar diet" for the treatment of nephritis and hypertension. A current...1 Kempner W: The treatment of kidney disease and hypertensive vascular disease with rice diet, North Carolina M. J. 5: 125-131, 1944. Google Scholar2 Kempner W: Compensation of renal metabolic dysfunction. Treatment of kidney disease and hypertensive vascular disease with rice diet, III, North Carolina M. J. 6: 61-87, 117-161, 1945. Google Scholar3 AllenSherrill FMJW: The treatment of arterial hypertension, J. Metabol. Research 2: 429-545, 1922. Google Scholar4 SchwartzMerlis WBJK: Nitrogen balance studies on the Kempner rice diet, J. Clin. Investigation 26: 1060-1071, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar5 Kempner W: Treatment of hypertensive vascular disease with rice diet, Am. J. Med. 4: 545-577, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6 Kempner W: Treatment of heart and kidney disease and of hypertensive and arteriosclerotic vascular disease with the rice diet, Ann. Int. Med. 31: 821-856, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar7 Cantor HE: Ambulatory treatment of hypertension with the rice diet, Pennsylvania M. J. 51: 1411-1413, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar8 ContrattoRogers AWMB: The use of the rice diet in the treatment of hypertension in nonhospitalized patients, New England J. Med. 239: 531-536, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9 Loofbourow DG: The effect of the rice diet on the blood pressure in essential hypertension, New England J. Med. 240: 910-914, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10 ChapmanGibbons CBTB: The diet and hypertension, Medicine 29: 29-69, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byControlled Observations on the Effect of Low Sodium Dietotherapy in Essential HypertensionEffects of diet in essential hypertension 1 May 1950Volume 32, Issue 5Page: 989-995KeywordsDietHypertensionMotivationNephritis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...