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Type of Object
Sphygmomanometer
Place of Manufacture
New York (N.Y.)
Date of Manufacture
1905-1915
Physical Details
Instrument consists of a rubber bulb pressure applicator, which when used in conjunction with a pressure cuff on the arm, measures systolic and diastolic blood pressure. This unit still has liquid mercury within the metering gauge. The gauge reads from 0 to 260 and is broken up into units of 20 on the meter. The unit is stamp engraved on the outer lid of its wooden box, hinged at one end, and printed: "Med. Dept. U.S. Army." Produced for use during WWI.
Dimensions
32 cm. x 11.5 cm. x 5.75 cm.
Medical Subject
Sphygmomanometers; Blood Pressure Determination -- instrumentation
Accession Number
2001.7.1
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: U.S. Army Sphygmomanometer, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
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