2007-05-27 23:06:56 · 6 answers · asked by n eop iter 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I don't think you can measure blood pressure without a pressure cuff. If there's a method to do it without one, I've never heard of it.
2007-05-28 00:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by ~RedBird~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it is a sphigmomenometer (blood pressure cuff). But before those were invented, investigators stuck large bore needles into arteries and allowed the blood to push up into vertical glass tubes for measurement. However, seeking to measure something (and obtain some sort of scale of measure) without a tool to use as the measuring stick would be difficult. Even if you used increasingly heavier books laid across your arm until you couldn't feel your pulse, you would still be using a "tool".
2007-05-28 06:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by mongoose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-18 13:21:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same way as measuring your weight without a scale
2007-05-31 06:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by dick v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't, that's why we have blood pressure machines
2007-05-27 23:30:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't. That is why the spectrometer was invented.
2007-05-27 23:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋