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Object Name |
Baumanometer Sphygmomanometer |
Object ID |
2004.066.01.01 |
Date |
Post 1926 |
Description |
Desk model wooden box with flip top. inside flip top is metal and glass scale. Fabric cuff, rubber tube and bulb rest in tray. |
Dimension Details |
lid open: 37x12x38 |
Materials |
Wood; Metal; Fabric; Rubber; Glass; Mercury |
Manufacturer |
Manufacturer Label: W.A. Baum Co., Inc., N.Y. USA |
Patent Information |
USA 27 May 1924 and 27 July 1926; Canada no. 210512; England no. 170014 |
Provenance |
In the early 1920s, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, began accepting medical artifacts for a historical museum. It remained an unofficial collection until it was turned into the Medical Museum and Archives at University Hospital in the 1970s. In the 1990s, many of these artifacts were spread out among various local institutions, and the remaining objects were reorganized into the Medical Artifact Collection at the University of Western Ontario, catalogued and organized by Michelle Hamilton. |
MeSH Search Terms |
Diagnosis Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular Blood Pressure Determination / Instrumentation |
Classification |
Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Diagnosis, General |
Related Publications |
P2004-066 |