Vintage Baumanmometer

Found a vintage Baumanmometer at a garage sale. A Hi/Lo 260mmhg mercury column. Came with a Baum cuff and a old bell type stethoscope. Is anyone familiar with one of these. 260mmhg seems odd.

I've seen them but never used one. Did you buy it? It would mostly be a conversation piece as the rubber may be dry rotted. That happened to the first cuff I owned when it was about 15 years old. It blew out when I pumped it up checking my pressure. Sounded like a gunshot. As in Pfff Pfff Pfff BANG!

Of course l bought it silly...it works fine.

Be careful not to break it. A mercury spill is not easy to clean up and mercury vapour is toxic.

I have one. Be careful how you store it so the Mercury doesn’t spill. There is a lot of mercury in there. Great units otherwise.