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1490868415Code 5649 Rocci sphygmomanometerMercury sphygmomanometer by Prof. Riva Rocci (1863-1937) made in the late nineteenth century, made of brass, glass and placed in its original wooden box with handle. Box size cm 37x12.5x h 10 - inches 14.56x4.92 h 3.93. Good condition, missing the inflatable armband.

Scipione Riva Rocci was a famous Italian medical student of Carlo Forlanini. He began his career specializing in internal medicine and pediatrics, becoming a pioneer in the fight against tuberculosis. He became famous with the completion of the mercury sphygmomanometer invented by a German physician, thus giving a significant contribution to cardiovascular research, making possibile a measure of safe and easy blood pressure.

Prof Riva Rocci contributed greatly to the Forlanini studies of pneumothorax technics, proving that the origin of tuberculosis also depended on an abnormality in the lung socket pressure. He founded Medica Varesina, a pediatric clinic where he created the project for the new hospital. He refused to patent the sphygmomanometer, renouncing to gain with his invention, a man with great moral integrity. He died in Rapallowhen he was 74 years old.

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