Sphygmomanometer
date: label: Date made
content: 1909
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 inscriptions on this example read “Baumanometer / PAT. PEND.- TRADE MARK REG. / W. A. BAUM CO. INC. NEW YORK” and “PILLING / & SON CO / PHILA.
label: Description
content: Ref: William A. Baum, “Manometer,” U.S. Patent 1,594,039 (July 27, 1926), assigned to W. A. Baum Co., Inc.
label: Description
content: William A. Baum, “Manometer,” U.S. Patent 1,821,902 (Sept. 1, 1931), assigned to W. A. Baum Co., Inc.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.302606.735.02
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.735.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sphygmomanometer
label: Other Terms
content: Sphygmomanometer; Blood Pressure Determination
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall -container: 4 in x 4 in x 16 in; 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm x 40.64 cm