Note on Blood Pressure *Read at a Meeting of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, 14th February 1934.
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DURING an investigation into the cause and treatment of eclampsia, it was noticed that there was an appreciable difference between the blood pressure when the patient was on the back and that taken when on the side. When this had been noticed several times, a routine was developed in order to determine whether this difference was constant at all times, and with different patients. At the end of a treatment for eclampsia the patient was left lying on her left side, a position she had been in for about three minutes, usually, and stripped to the waist. The blood pressure was then taken and noted, and the patient immediately thereafter, asked to roll on to her back. In order to allow the blood pressure to settle down after the muscular effort required to roll on to the back, which was quite considerable sometimes at full time, the patient was allowed to rest for a minute, after which the blood pressure
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