Nicholson Blood Pressure Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: Percival Nicholson (1881-1962) was a pediatrician in the Philadelphia area who promoted the use of sphygmomanometers, and held several patents relating to instruments that, he boasted, were accurate, portable and durable. This Nicholson Blood Pressure Apparatus was probably made by the Precision Thermometer & Instrument Co. in Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: Ref: Percival Nicholson, “Sphygmomanometer,” U.S. Patent 1,134,632 (April 6, 1915).
label: Description
content: Percival Nicholson, <i>Blood Pressure in General Practice</i> (Philadelphia and London, 1913).
label: Description
content: “Dr. Percival Nicholson,” <i>New York Times</i> (April 12, 1962), p. 35.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: C. Elbert Hoffman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.313462.114
label: catalog number
content: 313462.114
label: accession number
content: 313462
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sphygmomanometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 34.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 13 19/32 in x 3 3/4 in