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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

BAKER, Sir George (1722 – 1809)

1722 – 1809

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1767

#2096

An essay concerning the cause of the endemial colic of Devonshire.

BAKER, Sir George (1722 – 1809)

Baker demonstrated that the cider of Devonshire contained lead, while that made in other parts of England did not. He further showed that it was common practice in Devon to line cider presses with lead, and proved tha…