Volume 1
An essay concerning the cause of the endemial colic of Devonshire, which was read in the Theatre of the College of Physicians, in London, on the twenty-ninth day of June, 1767, / by George Baker.
- Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet
- Date:
- 1767
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay concerning the cause of the endemial colic of Devonshire, which was read in the Theatre of the College of Physicians, in London, on the twenty-ninth day of June, 1767, / by George Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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!['[ >5 ] Secondly, if Cyder is the caufe of this difeafe, as being an acid, why is the colic of Poitou very little known in the eaftern countries, where the Turks, whofe religion obliges them to abftain from wine, drink every day very large quantities of an acid fherbet ? Does the experience of Jockeys, who, in order to reduce themfelves to a certain t ftandard of weight by fweating, are faid to drink largely of vinegar, ftrengthen fuch an obfervation ? Do we find it to be true, that children, and valetudinary people, and particu¬ larly chlorotic girls, whofe primes, vies abound with acid, are on that account fubject to this colic ? Is not a Diar- de Rhin et de la Mofelle. Ces vins pechent fouvent par trop de verdeur; et les Marchands les ontlong terns altere avec la litarge. [Examen d’un livre qui a pour titre T.Tronchin de Colica Pi&onum, par un medecin de Paris, p. 7.] rhcea,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30787932_0001_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
