Sphygmomanometer
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument was designed by James A. Howe, an inventive employee of the Taylor Instrument Co. The inscriptions read “DR. ROGERS / Tycos / SPHYGMOMANOMETER / No E 71827 / PAT. DEC. 21-1915” and “SCHRADER UNIVERSAL /... / TYCOS RELEASE VALVE/... /...” Oscar Harrington Rogers (1857-1941) was the chief medical officer of the New York Life Insurance Company.
label: Description
content: Ref: James A. Howe, “Pressure-Indicator,” U.S. Patent 1,165,006 (Dec. 21, 1915), assigned to the Taylor Instrument Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.231
label: catalog number
content: 302606.231
label: accession number
content: 302606
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sphygmomanometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.7 cm x 18 cm x 9.5 cm; 2 1/4 in x 7 3/32 in x 3 3/4 in