Classification of arterial hypertension. R. F. Weiss (Zeit. für Kreislaufforschung, 1928, No. 14)

The author offers the following classification of arterial hypertension: 1) hypertension on toxic ground: a) infectious-toxic (in acute glomerulonephritis, syphilis), b) pure-toxic (in lead poisoning), c) autotoxic (in malignant sclerosis, nephritis of pregnant women); 2) hypertension on reflex ground: a) of central origin (e.g., due to increased brain pressure), b) of peripheral origin, due to increased cerebral pressure), b) of peripheral origin; 3) hypertension of hormonal origin: a) depending directly on adrenal hyperfunction, and b) arising as a consequence of other, secretory disorders with subsequent adrenal dysfunction; 4) hypertension on constitutional grounds, referred to by the author as "constitutional arterial hypertension" in contrast to the former names of "permanent", "essential", or "genuin" hypertension.