Measurement of blood pressure as a mental trauma. Clauss (Münch. m. Woch., no. 23, 1923)

Abstract

Just as, according to Kretshmair, a number of words such as cancer, tuberculosis, softening of the brain, spinal cord, etc., should be avoided when speaking to the sick, so too should we be very careful with the expression "blood pressure" Blood pressure measurement, says Clauss, has become, especially in America, a sport. The general public goes to the doctor to have their blood pressure measured.

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