Sphygmomanometer

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OBJECT TYPE: non-specific/aneroid
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0714.001

MANUFACTURER: Baum, W.A. Co. Inc.
MODEL: Baumanometer Kompak
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 223217
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: blood pressure meter
Patents: N/A
General Description: Grey wrinkle-textured metal case has smooth black piping on edges; black metal interior; barometer secured to underside of lid has black metal casing; clear glass tube contains mercury; fitted with black rubber tubing.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 30.0 cm
Width: 9.3 cm
Height: 30.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Instruments
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Baum
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This instrument used c. 1950s+.
Canada: Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON.
Function: To measure blood pressure.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "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." printed on metal plate fixed to inside of case lid. "KOMPAK MODEL" cast in raised print, below plate. "223217" printed in yellow on top right of barometer casing. Scale 0- 260, divided in increments of 2, and labelled at intervals of 10. "CALIBRATED/ MILLIAMETERS" stamped into base of of scale. "DR. BERNARD A. MANACE" engraved on metal plate fixed on case lid. UHN catalogue no. "984.15.1" printed by hand in black ink on one end of case.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Grey wrinkle-textured metal case has smooth black piping on edges; black metal interior houses brown fabric-covered rubber cuff fitted with black rubber tubing and ball; barometer secured to underside of lid has black metal casing; clear glass tube contains mercury.
Decoration: N/A

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Baum, W.A. Co. Inc., Sphygmomanometer, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2002.0714, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0714.001/

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