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Well a number of people contributed to the invention of the sphygmomanometer. First in line was Carl Ludwig in 1847. Then next up, in 1855 Karl Vierordt who added the idea of the cuff to increase the pressure of the arterial pulse. In 1860, Etienne Jules Mary came up with the idea that the sphygmomograph would could accurately measure the pulse rate. In 1881, Samuel Siegfried Put the whole operation together as one and it was then known as the sphygmomanometer.

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The understanding that blood is a "life fluid" in the body was something known to ancients. They understood in their limited way that there was an organ (the heart) that pumped blood through the body. The blood was pressurized by the heart to cause it to circulate, and this fact was known to people who killed and cut up animals for food. Given these facts, there is no one person who "discovered blood pressure" as was asked. As investigators probed the anatomy of animals and also that of the human body, our understanding of the circulatory system grew. And it continued to advance to become the part of modern medicine that it is today.

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Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch invented the sphygmomanometer in 1881. Sphygmomanometers are used along with stethoscopes by doctors and nurses.

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An African American by the name of Michael Croslin Invented It

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I'm the one who posted this question and i would like to know what it is for my homework today plz help!!

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