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IN this work, which is based on eight years' research, the author maintains that high blood-pressure is due to increased viscosity or thickness of the blood, for the measurement of which he has devised a special instrument or viscometer.
Viscosity of the Blood
The Cause and Cure of High Blood Pressure. By Major Vincent Nesfield. Pp. 96. (London: R. Cobden-Sanderson, Ltd., 1938.) 5s. net.
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Medical Studies. Nature 143, 425 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143425c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143425c0