Sphygmomanometer
notes: label: Description
content: This instrument was owned and used by Pauline S. Dimmitt (b. 1898), a woman who served as head of the clinical laboratory at the John Sealy Hospital, affiliated with the University of Texas Medical School. The inscription on the dial reads, in part, “Tycos / SPHYGMOMANOMETER” with serial number 1131, and patented Dec. 21, 1915.
label: Description
content: Ref: James A. Howe, “Pressure Indicator,” U.S. Patent 1,165,006 (Dec. 21, 1915), assigned to Taylor Instrument Co.
label: Description
content: Pauline S. Dimmitt, <i>Manual of Clinical Laboratory Methods</i> (1935).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's History
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. Sterling Dimmitt, Ph.D. in memory of Pauline S. Dimmitt, Ph.G.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0203.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0203
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0203.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sphygmomanometer