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TRONCHIN, Théodore (1709 – 1781)

1709 – 1781

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1757 CE

#2095

De colica pictonum.

Tronchin, sometime physician to Voltaire, showed that the so-called “Poitou colic” was caused by drinking water which had passed through lead gutters. Tronchin introduced inoculation into Holland, France, …