Medicine: Kidneys & Blood Pressure

Cleveland doctors were so excited by an explanation of high blood pressure which Professor Harry Goldblatt of Western Reserve University gave them at an informal lecture in St. Luke's Hospital last week that they let the cat out of the satchel, took the edge off the effect his report will have before the American College of Physicians at St. Louis a fortnight hence. Dr. Goldblatt was frankly miffed.

The heart, the blood vessels and the kidneys work together in taking care of the fluids of the body. In good health, fluid swallowed as drink...

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