Sphygmomanometer
notes: label: Description
content: William A. Baum (1891-1964) invented a machine for measuring blood pressure in 1910, termed it a Baumanometer, and established a firm to make and market it. The W. A. Baum & Co. donated this example, s/n 143351, to the Smithsonian in 1931.
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,” New York Times (Oct. 27, 1964), p. 39.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-03050
label: catalog number
content: M-03050
label: accession number
content: 115818
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sphygmomanometer
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine