Medical Record, Volume 23, January-June 1883

Medical Record, 1883 Publisher-Printing Location: William Wood and Company, New York Date and Numbering: January 6, 1883- June 30, 1883, Volume 23 Size and Page Count: 8.5"" X 12"" Tall, about 728 Pages Condition: -Very Good- Textured leather, dark grey cloth bound with gilt lettering on spine, front board and spine has sun fade, book must have been stored carefully through its 130 plus years, text block tight and clear. Previous owners penciled name 'Dr. E.O.Otis' See below* Illustrations Information: illustrations of devices and charts and tables -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles and Information:

Bound volume of The Medical Record A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery Edited by George F. Shrady, A.M.,M.D., Surgeon to the Presbyterian and St. Francis Hospitals, New York. First article is The Treatment of Acute Rheumatism by Roberts Bartholow, M.D., LL.D. Complete index at the end of volume

*Dr. E. O. Otis ( previous owner of this book ) took the blood pressure of 59 men, 6 boys, 3 young women, at three periods as follows: just before gymnasium work, immediately after, and then a little later after a short rest or after the usual bath. He came to the conclusion that if immediately after exercise the blood pressure is subnormal and remains so for some time, even if the exercise is moderate and not long continued, then for that individual, or for his condition at the time of taking the exercise, we may consider the exertion too strenuous or too prolonged. The effect of systematic training can be well shown by the blood pressure curve. In a number of cases as tested by Otis, the blood pressure would rise high, then fall to subnormal, to return to normal after rest. If this same exercise were persisted in day after day the rise in blood pressure would usually be lower and often at the end of the exercise would still be normal or above normal, showing that the point of fatigue now was not reached. source: Google Books Addresses and Proceedings, Volume 51 By National Education Association of the United States