Faught, Francis Ashley.

Blood-Pressure Primer – The Sphygmanometer and its Practical Application. Containing One Full-Page Plate and Numerous Explanatory Diagrams in the Text. (Copyright 1914 by Francis Ashley Faught).

Philadelphia, Published by G.P.Pilling & Son Co., 1918. Small Octavo. 123 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Upper hinge slightly damaged. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare ! From the library of Robert Mowbray, with his Exlibris to the pastedown. Subsequently from the library of irish Cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

A sphygmomanometer, also known as a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to collapse and then release the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner, and a mercury or aneroid manometer to measure the pressure. Manual sphygmomanometers are used with a stethoscope when using the auscultatory technique.

A sphygmomanometer consists of an inflatable cuff, a measuring unit (the mercury manometer, or aneroid gauge), and a mechanism for inflation which may be a manually operated bulb and valve or a pump operated electrically.

The sphygmomanometer was invented by Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch in the year 1881. Scipione Riva-Rocci introduced a more easily-usable version in 1896. In 1901, pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. Harvey Cushing brought an example of Riva-Rocci’s device to the US, modernized and popularized it within the medical community. Further improvement came in 1905 when Russian physician Nikolai Korotkov included diastolic blood pressure measurement following his discovery of “Korotkoff sounds”. William A. Baum invented the Baumanometer brand in 1916, while working for The Life Extension Institute which performed insurance and employment physicals. (Wikipedia)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31824AB

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