Checking blood pressure with an electronic machine
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Kochar, A.S., photographer
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Cardiovascular Diseases Equipment and Supplies World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- A man is connected to a small portable device that measures blood pressure; a physician, sitting next to the man, is monitoring the machine. Verso: WHO/177741. World Health Day. 1978- Down with high blood pressure. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a silent, secret threat to the health of people around the world. Presenting no symptoms in its early stages, hypertension often passes unnoticed. However, its complications are among the most important causes of death and incapacity in many parts of the world. Checking blood pressure with an electronic machine.
- Copyright:
- WHO must be mentioned in accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151021
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101437026 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013914
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437026