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an instrument for measuring blood pressure, typically consisting of an inflatable rubber cuff which is applied to the arm and connected to a column of mercury next to a graduated scale, enabling the determination of systolic and diastolic blood pressure by increasing and gradually releasing the pressure in the cuff.

Simpli-trol portable model Hindle electrocardiograph

A wooden case with a handle and a brass plaque inscribed: "Made for Bernard Fuchs MD." Case contains portable electrocardiograph. Unlike earlier battery powered photographic models, this is an AC powered instrument.

Moses Maimonides

brass bust of Moses Maimonides

Rodnan Rare Book Room Plaque

[Assayer Nested Brass Weight Set]

Brass nested weight set for assaying. 5 weights from 1.0 to 16.0. Stamped I T in center of 1.0 weight. Copper plated copper decorative mining pan, 9" diameter.

Pennsylvania Hall

Open book with text on the left page and handwritten notes on the right page.

Mutter's Syllabus (1851) with notes on display

Photograph of the opened "Syllabus of the course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery, delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia" published in Philadelphia in 1851 and displayed to show the handwritten notes of its user on added pages.

Mütter's Syllabus (1848) with notes on display

Photograph of the opened "Syllabus of the course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery, delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia" published in Philadelphia in 1848 and displayed to show the handwritten notes of its user on added pages.

Open book. Handwritten sheet of notes is shown on the left page. The right page shows text from a textbook, with handwritten annotations on the page.

Mütter's Syllabus (1848) with notes on display

Photograph of the opened "Syllabus of the course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery, delivered in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia" published in Philadelphia in 1848 and displayed to show the handwritten notes of its user on added pages.

A photograph of a two-lane road on a downward sloping hill with a small park in the background.

West Penn Hospital site

Photograph of the West Penn Park, the site where the former West Penn Hospital stood. Corner lot of the 30th and Brereton Streets (Polish Hill)

A photograph of two trees on a small hill with a small garden in the foreground.

Site of the Western Pennsylvania Medical College

Photograph of the site, where the Western Pennsylvania Medical College stood. Obscured by the line of trees and sitting on the top of a hill at the the corner of the Brereton and 30th Streets, the site of the former college is a private parking lot.

A photograph of a square three-story red brick building with a red door.

Emma Kaufmann Clinic building

Current photograph of the old Emma Kaufmann Clinic building

A black-and-white, grainy photograph of a square three-story brick building with dormers.

Emma Kaufmann Clinic

Image from the Western Pennsylvania Medical College announcement for 1897/1898 showing the Emma Kaufmann Clinic building in 1897

Black-and-white, grainy picture of a four-story brick building with a round addition to its front.

Western Pennsylvania Medical College

Image from the Western Pennsylvania Medical College announcement for 1898 showing the new building; on the left of it - Emma Kaufmann Clinic, on the right - the original college building

Yellow map showing Wayn St, Jones Ave, and Dickson St. Western Penn Medical College is a pink square on the left side of the map on Jones Ave.

Maps of Western Pennsylvania Medical College locations

Maps of Polish Hill area of Pittsburgh with the location of the Western Pennsylvania Medical College