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William Morrant Baker

by Dr Mike Cadogan, last update December 3, 2018

William Morrant Baker (1839 – 1896)

William Morrant Baker (1839 – 1896) was a British General Surgeon.

Eponymously affiliated with the Baker’s cyst and Baker’s cannula, a flexible tracheal cannula

Biography

  • Born 20 October 1839
  • Died 3 October 1896

Key Medical Attributions:

  • More about medical contributions

Medical Eponyms

  • Baker’s cyst
  • Baker’s cannula – a flexible tracheal cannula

Controversies

Sir D’Arcy Power (1855-1941) in 1921 demonstrated that the described ‘Baker’s cysts’ were really part of a tuberculous affection of joints, which had not previously been recognized by Baker. [Full Text]

Major Publications

  • Baker WM. On the formation of synovial cysts in the leg in connection with disease of the knee-joint. 1877. [Reprint Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1994 Feb;(299):2-10.]
  • Baker WM. Hand-book of physiology. New York : W. Wood 1893 [Full Archive Text]
  • Baker WM. On the Use of Flexible Tracheotomy Tubes. Medico-chirurgical transactions. 1877;LX:71-84

References

  • Obituary. William Morrant Baker, F.R.C.S. Br Med J 1896;2:1169
  • Power D. ‘Baker’s cysts’, and Baker’s tracheotomy tubes. Br J Surg, 1921. 9: 200–203.
  • South JF. Edited by Power D. Memorials of the craft of surgery in England. 1886. London: Cassell
  • Mostofi SB. Who’s Who in Orthopedics. Springer; 2005 edition

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About Dr Mike Cadogan

Emergency physician with a passion for medical informatics and medical education/textbooks. Asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. | @sandnsurf | + Mike Cadogan | LinkedIn

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