Sphygmomanometer

Object/Artifact

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

Name/Title

Sphygmomanometer

Description

Blood pressure gauge in gray-green metal container with black trim and a silver-colored metal plate on top. Black push-button at one end opens device. Lid folds up revealing the gauge, rubber hose, rubber bulb pum marked DE VILBLISS and a cloth cuff with a deteriorated rubber air bag inside. Inside is a globe with plaque reading BAUMANOMETER REG U.S. PAT OFF. BLOODPRESSURE STANDARD THE WORLD OVER U.S. PATS. NOS. 1594039 & 1821902 MADE IN U.S.A. W.A. BAUM CO. INC. NEW YORK KOMPAK MO.

Collection

Tindall Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1980.004

Source or Donor

Tindall, Julia

Acquisition Method

Donation

Create Date

August 23, 2003

Update Date

May 27, 2025