Name/TitleEquipment: Mayer & Meltzer Sphygmograph
About this objectMayer & Meltzer Sphygmograph:
Wrist strapped pulse recorder that traces the arterial pulse on smoked paper.
The device was designed to be strapped to the inside of a patient’s wrist, with the curved disc on the base of the sphygmograph pressed onto the skin. The stylus would then record the rhythmic rise and fall of the pulse as a continuous wavy line. This provided early visual evidence of heart and vascular function before the development of electrocardiography.
Has engraved “J W” on the body.
Made by Mayer & Meltzer, London
Date MadeCa 1880
Place NotesLondon, UK
Measurements6.3 x 3.6 x 5.7 mm
Named CollectionRoyal Adelaide Hospital
Object TypeEquipment
Object numberAR#1662
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