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Some Observations on the Study of the Blood-pressure in the Insane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

G. G. Parkin*
Affiliation:
Cheshire County Mental Hospital, Macclesfield

Extract

This paper is based upon observations taken on patients at rarkside Mental Hospital, Macclesfield.

Martin's modification of a Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer was used. The systolic pressure (S.P.) was taken at the point on the scale when the first audible click was heard through the stethoscope on decompression following obliteration of the left brachial artery, and the diastolic pressure (D.P.) at the point when the loud thuds suddenly became dull (the end of the third and beginning of the fourth phase).

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1927 

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