M0018411: Early sphygmomanometer with arm-band by Hawksley, c.1906

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Early sphygmomanometer with arm-band by Hawksley.

Photgraph of an early sphygmomanometer by Hawksley, London, of the type introduced by Riva Tocci in 1896. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem in 1927 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2689/1936)

January 1961

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R2689/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.