民国时期中国对高血压病的研究与防治

Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in the Republic of China

高血压病及其相关的心脑血管并发症严重损害中国居民健康水平和人口质量。距今约一个世纪前,高血压病在中国的研究和防治尚处于起步阶段。民国时期的中国医学家在物质、文化条件极度受限的环境下,艰难开展了国内不同人群的血压普查,并进行了高血压病的流行病学、基础机制和临床研究,同时在医学教育与科普工作中完成了大量开拓性工作,翻译了一系列西方国家的生理学与内科学教材,出版了《高血压的预防与疗养》等一批优秀的科普书籍,成功开启了中国高血压病研究与防治工作的序幕。

Hypertension and its cardiovascular complications can produce many serious problems for the health of Chinese residents,therefore,affect quality of the population.About a century ago,the research and treatment of hypertension were still in primary stage.Despite the material and cultural resources were extremely limited,modern Chinese medical scientists performed blood pressure surveys of different populations in China.Besides,they carried out researches on epidemiology and mechanisms of hypertension,as well as clinical trials.At the same time,substantive pioneering work was done in medical education and the spread of popular science.A large number of textbooks on physiology or internal medicine were translated,and popular science books such as the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension were published.These works opened the prelude to the research,prevention and treatment of hypertension in China.