Sphygmomanometer
name: label: maker
content: Hicks, J. J.
label: maker
content: Hicks, J. J.
notes: label: Description
content: In 1881, Samuel Von Basch developed a sphygmomanometer that measured blood pressure by applying a measured force to the skin over an artery until the pulse disappeared. Inscriptions on this example read “HILL & BARNARD / SPHYGMO-MANOMETER” and “J. J. HICKS / Sole Maker / 8, 9 & 10. Hatton Garden / LONDON / No. 64” and “Patent 11719.” Leonard Hill (1866-1952) was a British physiologist. Harold Barnard (1868-1908) was a British surgeon.
label: Description
content: Ref: James J. Hicks ad for The Leonard Hill Sphygmometer in Journal of Scientific Instruments 1 (1922): xxxiv.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of 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.302606.178.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.178.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sphygmomanometer
label: Other Terms
content: Sphygmomanometer; Manometry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 7 cm x 12 cm; 2 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 6 in; 6.985 cm x 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm