1909-1910

Rapid displacement of pulse palpation by cuff in conjunction with auscultation with stethoscope to measure systolic and diastolic blood pressure, e.g., at MGH. Physicians only accepted blood pressure cuff when it was teamed with a specialized procedure (auscultation with stethoscope) that required skills possessed only by physicians, not nurses, to whom Cushing and his house officers Biggs and Cook initially promoted the blood cuff in 1902-1903 as a simple tool to measure systolic blood pressure by obliteration of the radial pulse (Crenner).