Baumanometer
name: label: Associated Name
content: Johns Hopkins University
label: maker
content: W. A. Baum Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: William A. Baum (1891-1964) invented a machine for measuring blood pressure, termed it a Baumanometer and established a firm to make and market it. One inscription on this example reads “Lifetime Baumanometer Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. / Standard for Blood Pressure / Wall Model / Pat. May 27, 1924 & July 27, 1926 Other Patents Pending / W. A. Baum Co. Inc. New York.” Another reads “Humboldt Mfg. Co. 21215.” The term Baumanometer was first used in commerce in 1917.
label: Description
content: Ref: William A. Baum, “Manometer,” U.S. Patent 1,594,039 (July 27, 1926), assigned to W. A. Baum Co.
label: Description
content: “W. A. Baum, Inventor of a Medical Device,” <i>New York Times</i> (Oct. 27, 1964), p. 39.
label: Description
content: This item is part of a collection of equipment and instruments from the laboratory and clinic of allergist Dr. Leslie N. Gay (1891 - 1978). Gay received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1917. In 1923 he founded an allergy clinic at the university and served as director for 36 years. He and clinic colleague Paul E. Carliner developed Dramamine (dimenhydrinate), a preventative and cure for seasickness.
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content: This material was donated to the Smithsonian in 1979 by Gay’s son, Dr. Leslie N. Gay, Jr.
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content: [SEE: Gay L. N., Carliner P. E. (1949). The prevention and treatment of motion sickness. 1. Seasickness. <i>Science</i> 109, 359.]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Leslie N. Gay, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0306.05
label: accession number
content: 1979.0306
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0306.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blood pressure testing apparatus
label: Other Terms
content: blood pressure testing apparatus; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
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content: cloth (overall material)
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content: velcro-type cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 4.5 cm; 14 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 16 1/2 in x 12 in x 3 1/4 in; 41.91 cm x 30.48 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: container: 16 1/2 in x 12 in x 6 in; 41.91 cm x 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: stand w/ clamp: 20 in x 4 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 50.8 cm x 12.065 cm x 21.59 cm