History US Government. The Ninth Amendment was part of the Bill of Rights that was added to the Constitution on December 15, 1791. It says that all the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government. Judge Robert Bork called the Ninth Amendment a meaningless inkblot on the Constitution. 2  The Ninth Amendment was cited by the Supreme Court in the famous Roe v. Wade case. 3  Some judges have said that this amendment is not a source of additional rights, but simply a rule about how to read the Constitution.
Additional Readings. Systemic arterial blood pressure usually is measured using an instrument called a sphygmomanometer. This device consists of an inflatable rubber cuff connected by tubing to a compressible bulb and a glass tube containing a column of mercury.
Measuring your blood pressure with a blood pressure cuff is a convenient way to do it, especially at home. Its use is essential to monitor the stableness of your blood pressure and overall health.t is an instrument that measures the blood pressure by holding up the flow of blood in the artery for a few seconds. Blood pressure (BP) is the force exerted by the blood upon the walls of the blood vessels especially the arteries.