title: [Hypertensive disease in pregnancy in the history of medicine. 1:The old terminology, ancient history and the Middle Ages].
abstract: Toxemia of pregnancy resp. hypertensive disorder of pregnancy is a "disease of hypotheses". A historical review is given about the large number of hypotheses and the several trials of treatment in ancient time and middle age.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik Rostock.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Strothmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilken
mesh_terms: D004461:Eclampsia / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000266:history*; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Die hypertensive Schwangerschaftserkrankung in der Geschichte der Medizin. Teil: 1 Die alte Terminologie, Altertum und Mittelalter.