Scipione Riva-Rocci, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Scipione Riva-Rocci

Italian physician

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1863

Place of Birth: Almese, Piedmont, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1937

Profession: physician, inventor, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Scipione Riva Rocci (7 August 1863 in Almese, Piedmont – 15 March 1937 in Rapallo, Liguria) was an Italian internist, pathologist and pediatrician.
He is best known for the invention of an easy-to-use cuff-based version of the mercury sphygmomanometer for the measurement of blood pressure.