Sphygmomanometer
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1923
name: 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. The W. A. Baum & Co. donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1923.
label: Description
content: Ref: William A. Baum, “Manometer,” U.S. Patent 1,594,039 (July 27, 1926), assigned to W. A. Baum Co.; the patent application was filed in 1920.
label: Description
content: “W. A. Baum, Inventor of a Medical Device,” <i>New York Times</i> (Oct. 27, 1964), p. 39.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of W. A. Baum Company Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-01659
label: catalog number
content: M-01659
label: accession number
content: 70677
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sphygmomanometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mercury; brass alloy; rubber; fabric; glass; wood; paper; varnish (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, open as displayed: 15 in x 4 1/2 in x 15 in; 38.1 cm x 11.43 cm x 38.1 cm