Horace Smirk
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Horace Smirk's Degrees
- Doctorate Medicine University of New Zealand
- PhD Medical Science University of Auckland
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir Frederick Horace Smirk was a notable New Zealand professor of medicine. He was born in Accrington, Lancashire, England, in 1902. In the 1958 Queen's Birthday Honours, Smirk was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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- Observations in man upon a blood pressure raising reflex arising from the voluntary muscles (1937) (650)
- Observations in man on a pulse‐accelerating reflex from the voluntary muscles of the legs (1938) (149)
- A myocardial syndrome. With particular reference to the occurrence of sudden death and of premature systoles interrupting antecedent T waves. (1960) (147)
- High Arterial Pressure (1958) (108)
- R WAVES INTERRUPTING T WAVES (1949) (105)
- Vascular responses to 5-hydroxytryptamine in genetic and renal hypertensive rats. (1970) (78)
- CASUAL AND BASAL BLOOD PRESSURES IV. THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL PRESSURE WITH A NOTE ON STATISTICAL IMPLICATIONS (1944) (69)
- REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS BY HEXAMETHONIUM BROMIDE AND MECHANICAL DEVICES (1952) (67)
- The effect of drug treatment of hypertension on the distribution of deaths from various causes (1967) (65)
- The Neurogenic Component in Hypertension (1955) (64)
- Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertension* (1949) (58)
- The effect of water drinking, mineral starvation and salt administration on the total osmotic pressure of the blood in man, chiefly in relation to the problems of water absorption and water diuresis (1934) (55)
- Vascular responses in mesenteric arteries from genetic and renal hypertensive rats. (1968) (50)
- Studies concerning the alimentary absorption of water and tissue hydration in relation to diuresis (1932) (47)
- Action of a new methonium compound in arterial hypertension; pentamethylene 1 : 5-bis-n-(n-methyl-pyrrolidinium) bitartrate (M. & B. 2050A). (1953) (44)
- Treatment of Hypertension with Reserpine,with Reserpine in Combination with Pentapyrrolidinium,and with Reserpine in Combination with Veratrum Alkaloids (1955) (39)
- CASUAL AND BASAL BLOOD PRESSURES I.—IN BRITISH AND EGYPTIAN MEN (1943) (39)
- Basal and supplemental blood pressures in relationship to life expectancy and hypertension symptomatology. (1959) (36)
- The prognosis of untreated and of treated hypertension and advantages of early treatment. (1972) (36)
- Observations on the Pathogenesis of Spontaneous Inherited Hypertension and Constricted Renal‐Artery Hypertension in Rats (1961) (35)
- Cardiac ballet: repetitions of complex electrocardiographic patterns. (1969) (35)
- Results of Methonium Treatment of Hypertensive Patients* (1954) (34)
- The Circulatory Effects of Reserpine (1955) (30)
- Use of Mecamylamine in the Management of Hypertension (1957) (27)
- Comparison of rescinnamine and reserpine as hypotensive agents. (1955) (26)
- CASUAL AND BASAL BLOOD PRESSURES III.—IN RENAL HYPERTENSION (1943) (25)
- Observations on the Responses of Rats with Spontaneous Hypertension and Control Rats to Pressor Drugs and to Hexamethonium (1962) (25)
- Hypotensive action of reserpin. (1954) (23)
- Comparison of oral and subcutaneous administration of methonium salts in the treatment of high blood-pressure. (1952) (23)
- Control of blood-pressure by combined action of reserpine and pentapyrrolidinium. (1954) (22)
- Circulatory properties of iso-thioureas, guanidines, iso-ureas and amidines. (1947) (20)
- Hypotensive actions of hexamethonium bromide and some of its homologues; their use in high blood-pressure. (1952) (20)
- The rate of water absorption in man and the relationship of the water load in tissues to diuresis (1933) (18)
- The circulatory effects of some iso‐thiourea derivatives, with special reference to the sensitization of animals to the pressor action of adrenaline (1943) (18)
- Cardiac hypertrophy in genetically hypertensive rats. (1960) (17)
- Some properties of amarin, with special reference to its use in conjunction with adrenaline for the production of idio‐ventricular rhythms (1948) (16)
- The treatment of hypertensive heart failure and of hypertensive cardiac overload by blood pressure reduction. (1958) (15)
- HYPOTENSIVE ACTION OF BRETYLIUM TOSYLATE (1959) (15)
- Blood pressure reduction in arterial hypertension by hexamethonium and pentapyrrolidinium salts. (1954) (15)
- Prolongation of action of hypotensive drugs; use of polyvinylpyrrolidone and dextrans to lengthen effects of hexamethonium and hexamethylene bis-ethyldimethyl-ammonium. (1952) (15)
- The effect of water drinking on the blood composition of human subjects in relation to diuresis (1933) (14)
- TREATMENT of malignant hypertension. (1962) (14)
- CASUAL AND BASAL BLOOD PRESSURES II.—IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION (1943) (13)
- THE USE OF THE PURE VERATRUM ALKALOIDS NEOGERMITRINE AND PROTOVERATRINE IN HYPERTENSION (1953) (13)
- The influence of posterior pituitary hormone on the absorption and distribution of water in man (1933) (12)
- Tissue catecholamine levels in normotensive, genetically hypertensive and renal hypertensive rats. (1968) (12)
- The treatment of high blood pressure with hexamethonium iodide. (1950) (12)
- Comparison of the effects of veratrum alkaloids and of hexamethonium bromide upon the blood pressure in arterial hypertension. (1952) (11)
- Casual, basal and supplemental blood pressures in 519 first-degree relatives of substantial hypertensive patients and in 350 population controls. (1976) (11)
- EXPERIMENTAL VENTRICULAR FLUTTER AND VENTRICULAR PAROXYSMAL TACHYCARDIA. (1964) (11)
- Drug therapy in hypertension (1961) (10)
- Treatment of arterial hypertension by penta- and hexamethonium salts; based on 150 tests on hypertensives of varied aetiology and 53 patients treated for periods of two to fourteen months. (1951) (9)
- Action of “Ecolid” in Man (1956) (9)
- Observations on the properties of S‐methyl iso‐thiourea sulphate, with particular reference to the circulatory effects (1942) (8)
- Effect of the initial level of the blood pressure upon the response of the human subject to blood pressure raising reflexes (1945) (8)
- Population survey of casual and near-basal blood pressures: with comments on survey techniques. (1962) (8)
- Blood pressure reduction to a selected level by continuous injection of methonium halides (C5 and C6) and the use of an electrically operated syringe. (1951) (8)
- Methonium halides in high blood pressure. (1951) (8)
- Prognosis in retinal Grade I and II patients (1966) (8)
- Practical details of the treatment of hypertension by hexamethonium salts and by pentamethylene 1:5-bis-N-(N-methylpyrrolidinium) bitartrate (M. & B. 2050A). (1953) (7)
- The accurate micro-determination of chlorine and iron in blood and other liquids. (7)
- Practical details of the methonium treatment of high blood pressure. (1950) (6)
- Changes in the blood composition of unanæsthetized rabbits following the ingestion of water and saline 1 (1932) (6)
- Characteristics of the New Zealand Strain of Genetically Hypertensive Rats Considered in Relation to Essential Hypertension (1972) (6)
- EFFECT OF BILATERAL ADRENALECTOMY ON THE BLOOD PRESSURE OF RATS WITH SPONTANEOUS INHERITED HYPERTENSION. (1964) (6)
- Preliminary Note on the Properties of s-Methyl Isothiourea Sulphate (1941) (6)
- THE KIDNEYS OF RATS WITH GENETIC HYPERTENSION. (1965) (6)
- The effect of the intravenous administration of water upon the rate of urine formation (1933) (5)
- Results of methonium treatment of hypertensive patients, based on 250 cases treated for periods up to 3 1/2 years including 28 with malignant hypertension. (1954) (5)
- The effect of experimental portal congestion on the absorption and excretion of water (1933) (5)
- The Neurogenically Maintained Component in Hypertension (1970) (4)
- S-METHYLISOTHIOUREA SULPHATE FOR MAINTAINING BLOOD-PRESSURE IN SPINAL ANESTHESIA (1942) (3)
- I. The Accurate Measurement of the Proportion of Corpuscles and Serum in Blood.?II. The Volume of Red Blood-Corpuscles in Venous and Oxygenated Blood and after Exposure to Various Saturations of Carbon Dioxide. (1928) (3)
- The Micro-estimation of Chlorine in whole Blood, Serum or Corpuscles. (3)
- The pituitary gland in relation to polyuria and to water diuresis (1934) (3)
- The Micro-estimation of Iron in Blood. (3)
- The effects of congestion and heat on the composition of venous blood samples together with some observations on the indirect determination of iron and chlorine in blood-corpuscles. (3)
- Hypotensive action of bretylium tosylate (darenthin). (1960) (3)
- Changes in the blood composition of unanaesthetized rabbits following the ingestion of water and saline: With special reference to the distribution of fluid between plasma and corpuscles and to the relationship between blood composition and diuresis. (3)
- METHONIUM COMPOUNDS IN HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE (1951) (3)
- Blood-pressure-raising Reflexes in Hysterical Anaesthesia (1941) (3)
- Some principles of hypotensive therapy considered in relationship to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. (1962) (2)
- A TECHNIQUE FOR THE STUDY OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS. (1963) (2)
- The treatment of hypertension. (1955) (2)
- Recent developments in hypertensive therapy (1961) (2)
- Therapeutic agents and methods of their employment in the management of hypertension. (1958) (2)
- S-methylisothiourea Sulphate for Maintaining Blood-pressure in Spinal Anaesthesia (1943) (1)
- Antihypertensive drugs. (1955) (1)
- Ganglionic blockade by trimethidinium methosulphate. (1959) (1)
- Hypotensive action of 467C60: a drug which blocks sympathetic neurones at a peripheral site. (1962) (1)
- Drug therapy in hypertension; a critical review. (1955) (1)
- Treatment of Hypertension by Penta- and Hexa-methonium Salts (1951) (0)
- Trends in modern medicine. (1950) (0)
- Review of current literature (1934) (0)
- [Treatment of hypertension with hexamethonium salts and pentamethylene 1,5-bis(1-methylpyrrolidinium)-bitartrate]. (1954) (0)
- Febnary I 956 McQUEEN AND SMIRK : Drug Treatment of Hypertension 87 INITIAI DOSES AND DOSAGE INCREMENTS OF METHONIUM (0)
- The treatment of malignant hypertension. (1962) (0)
- Preliminary observations on some chemical relatives of pempidine. (1960) (0)
- [Treatment of hypertension with hexamethylammonium salts and pentamethylene-1,5-bis-N-(N-methylpyrrolidinium)-bitartrate; experience with 250 patients treated for a period of time from 3 months to 3 years and 8 months]. (1955) (0)
- Prognosis of high arterial pressure. (1965) (0)
- Studies concerning the alimentary absorption of water and tissue hydration in relation to diuresis (1932) (0)
- Some observations on high blood pressure. (1947) (0)
- The Sulphonamides. A Short Survey of their Action with Particular Reference to the Treatment of Puerperal Infections, Pneumonia and Gonorrhoea. (1940) (0)
- Drug treatment of hypertension. (1956) (0)
- [Methonium salts in therapy of hypertension]. (1954) (0)
- Basic principles of hypotensive therapy. (1959) (0)
- Hypotensive therapy recent results in relation to future measures of treatment (1968) (0)
- Hypertension in New Zealand; a survey of 443 consecutive deaths in Dunedin Hospital. (1948) (0)
- Chloroform in obstetrical anaesthesia. (1950) (0)
- Relationship between the trough blood pressure and the mean daily blood pressure in the course of ganglionic blockade. (1959) (0)
- Supplementary note on non-tuberculous respiratory and circulatory disorders (1956) (0)
- A method for determining in animals the alimentary absorption time for water, the abdomen remaining intact (1934) (0)
- The Journal of the American Heart Associations The Circulatory Effects of Reserpine (0)
- IMPLICATIONS A NOTE ON STATISTICAL WITHSUPPLEMENTAL PRESSURE RELATIONSHIP TO THE PRESSURES IV . THEIR CASUAL AND BASAL BLOOD (0)
- The Functional Pathology of Advanced Chronic Nephritis (1934) (0)
- A myocardial syndrome associated with ventricular arrhythmias. (1969) (0)
- The Netirogenic Component in Hypertension (0)
- Some problems in the treatment of hypertension. (1962) (0)
- The Functional Pathology of Advanced Chronic Nephritis: (Section of Medicine). (1934) (0)
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