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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

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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w' . V r the fame fumes. A fmall quantity of cyder, made in the county of Here¬ ford, expofed in like manner to the fame fumes, exhibited no fuch appear¬ ance, until a few drops of a folution of faccharum Saturni were added to it. ■4 . ■ 4. JL • i* • J J! • Observation I. From this experiment we are to un- derftand that the acid, before united with the Lead in the cyder, and the vo¬ latile alkali in the tincture of fulphur, mutually attracted each other; and that it was the precipitate of the Lead united with the fulphur, which produced the dark colour above-mentioned. - + < y ,] . . a „ * r * Experiment II. ‘ - r * ' * A fmall quantity of Hepar Sulphuris (prepared by digefting together in a 3 fand- I

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.

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