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The auscultatory systolic blood pressure in the elbow can be confirmed by inflating the cuff and palpating the radial pulse at the wrist.

From Time Magazine Archive

In some persons the auscultatory readings cannot be made, or are very unsatisfactory, and it becomes necessary to use the palpation method in taking the systolic pressure.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

Observation by the auscultatory method and a mercury instrument 84 26.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

Therefore, wider range of pressure is obtained by the auscultatory method than by other methods.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

The symptoms and auscultatory signs of chronic bronchitis are on the whole similar to those pertaining to the acute form, except that the febrile disturbance and pain are much less marked.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various