Phlebaumanometer
name: label: maker
content: W. A. Baum Co. Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: A phlebaumanometer measures blood pressure in veins and is especially useful for infants. The form was devised in the early 1940s by two cardiologists working at the Tulane University Medical School: George Edward Burch (1910-1986) and Travis Walter Winsor (1915-1996). W. A. Baum & Co. introduced the name to commerce in 1949 and applied for a trademark. This demonstration model has "Phelbaumanometer (Burch and Winsor), W. A. Baum Co., Inc., New York" inscription.
label: Description
content: Ref: William A. Baum, “Blood Pressure Measuring Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 2.625,153 (Jan. 13, 1953), assigned to W. A. Baum Co., Inc. The patent refers to an article by Burch and Winsor in the Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 123, pp. 91-92.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donation of George E. Burch, Jr., M.D., Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0186.106
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0186.106
label: accession number
content: 1980.0186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: phlebaumanometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 5.6 cm x 8 cm; 13 3/8 in x 2 7/32 in x 3 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: base: 15 in; x 38.1 cm