G. Boulitte brand manual aneroid sphygmomanometer and case

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a. Circular arm cuff for a sphygmomanometer or blood pressure meter made from a heavy, navy blue, twill cloth upper with a brown leather layer sewn to the underside. The cuff is sewn with thick thread, and several sections are attached or adjusted with silver-colored metal fittings and leather pieces sewn to the surface. A circular, metal gauge is attached to the front by two thin, leather straps with adjustable metal buckles. The glass-covered gauge has a white face with black ink graduation marks going clockwise from the bottom around the perimeter in increments of five from 1-30, and arranged around a thin, blue, pointed needle at center. French and Polish text is printed across the center and bottom. A short, leather hose extends from the bottom of the gauge to a metal fitting on a circular leather piece just above and left of the gauge. A longer hose is attached just below and right of the gauge. At the opposite end is a twisting circular air release valve and a ridged metal nozzle to attach a bulb (b.) A rectangular, leather label with rounded ends and stamped French text is sewn to the left and right of the gauge, and over the top ends of two cloth straps used to tighten the cuff on a patient’s arm. The straps are adjusted by metal slide clasps, which are secured by leather tabs. At the free end, each strap is sewn around a small, black plastic cylinder. The fabric is slightly pebbled, and the leather shows light deterioration overall. b. Brown leather bulb with a wide center and narrow, cylindrical ends used as part of a sphygmomanometer. One end has a threaded silver-colored metal fitting on the inside, allowing it to screw onto the metal nozzle of a leather hose attached to the sphygmomanometer cuff (a.) At the other end is a metal end valve with a circular opening to release air. The bulb is cracking all around the center, with one particularly large crack going all the way through the leather. c. Adjustable, navy blue, twill cloth strap with a circular stethoscope head attached in the center for use with a sphygmomanometer (a-b). The stethoscope is made of silver-colored metal with a black rubber border and speckled plastic over the face. A hollow post centered on the back of the stethoscope is screwed into the fabric and fastened by a metal washer and nut on the reverse. The strap is adjusted with a silver-colored metal slide clasp secured to the strap by a brown leather tab sewn around the bottom bar of the clasp. The bottom of the strap is sewn around a flattened, oval-shaped metal loop. The fabric is worn and fraying around the edges. d. Rectangular, brown leather bag with stiff sides used to hold a sphygmomanometer (a-c). The bag has a fold-over top flap with a curved lower edge and is secured with a silver-colored metal, tuck lock clasp. The upper piece of the clasp is riveted onto the center of the flap edge, and has English and German text engraved across the underside. The base of the clasp is secured on the front, center of the bag, and has French and English text engraved across the center. On top of the flap, a short, perpendicular leather strap is riveted halfway between the center and each end in order to secure a flat, leather handle to the case. The ends of the handle are semicircular, and wider than the straps so they cannot pull free. The bag is sewn together at the seams with brown thread, and there is no interior lining. The bag is scratched throughout, with deterioration on the strap and around the edges of the flap. The rivets are heavily rusted, and there is teal corrosion around the clasp.