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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![L+5 ] muriatic acid ; which, by uniting with the lead, will make it precipitate. But it is afcertained by the experiments, made by Profeflor Gaubius, that trials, made with the acids, are lefs conclu- five than thofe which have been de- - .< •.*- *> .»:• » i -rt *' .4- . V fcribed. Experiment V. .... In order to leave the matter entire^ ly without doubt, an extract from 18 common quart bottles of Devonshire cyder (firft firained through a cloth) which had been in my cellar more than three months, was prepared. This extratft, being allayed with the black flux, a quantity of Lead, weigh¬ ing four grains and an half, was found at the bottom of the crucible. Thele ex¬ periments were made in October 1766.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30787932_0001_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
