Collens Sphygmo-Oscillometer
notes: label: Description
content: The Collens Sphygmo-Oscillometer was designed for determining the potency of the blood vessels of human limbs. William S. Collens (1897-1971) was a graduate of the Cornell University Medical College who was affiliated, for many years, with Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn. The form was in use by November 1937 and received a trademark in 1948. This example was made by the J. A. Preston Corp.
label: Description
content: Ref: William S. Collens and Louis C. Boas, The Modern Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus (Springfield, Ill., 1946).
label: Description
content: “Dr. William Collens, Expert on Diabetes,” New York Times (June 8, 1971), p. 42.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the J.A. Preston Corporation, through Thomas E. Mitchell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0750.14
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0750.14
label: accession number
content: 1984.0750
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sphygmo-oscillometer
label: Other Terms
content: Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 11 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 29.845 cm x 11.7475 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 cm x 12 cm x 7 cm; 11 13/16 in x 4 23/32 in x 2 3/4 in