“…They found that many normotensive hyperreactors may develop hypertension in later life, and they suggested that a marked pressor response indicates a prehypertensive state. This view, however, was not shared by others (Yates and Wood, 1936), who showed that there was no relation-Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. Formerly Associate Physician, Division of Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.…”