Of the night-blindness or nyctalopia; On the Chicken Pox; & An Inquiry concerning the cause of the endemial colic of Davenshire. in Med. Trans. Coll. Phys. Lond., Volume 1

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  • London: S. Baker & J. Dodsley, 1768
London: S. Baker & J. Dodsley, 1768. Second edition. [no.1] Heberden, William, Sr. (1710-1801). Of the night-blindness or nyctalopia, 60-63.
[no.2] Heberden, William, Sr. (1710-1801). On the chickenox, 427-36.
[no.3] Baker, Sir George (1722-1809). An Inquiry concerning the cause of the endemial colic of Davenshire, 175-256.
Whole volume, xv, 474pp. 130x220mm. Library bookstamp and stamp of Arthur Jacob Bequest (1871) on the title-page. Disbound. Second edition. [no.1] A classic description of nyctalopia. Report of a single case. Garrison-Morton.com No. 5831.
[no.2] In a paper read before the (Royal) College of Physicians on 11 August 1767, Heberden first definitely differentiated chickenpox from smallpox. Garrison-Morton.com No. 5438.
[no.3] 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 that lead poisoning was the cause of Devonshire colic. He was responsible for the abandonments of lead in the making of cider presses, and thus for the disappearance of the colic. (See also Garrison-Morton.com No. 2096, An essay concerning the cause of the endimial colic of Devonshire. London: J. Hughes, 1767.).

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Of the night-blindness or nyctalopia; On the Chicken Pox; & An Inquiry concerning the cause of the endemial colic of Davenshire. in Med. Trans. Coll. Phys. Lond., Volume 1

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S. Baker & J. Dodsley: London

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1768

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Second edition


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