William Morrant Baker
William Morrant Baker (20 October 1839, Andover, Hampshire, England – 3 October 1896, Pulborough, Sussex) was an English physician and surgeon. He first described the condition now known as Baker's cyst.
Life
William Morrant Baker was the son of a solicitor in the Hampshire town of Andover. He was apprenticed to the local surgeon, Mr. Payne. In 1858 he entered St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in London and qualified in 1861.
Baker became Sir James Paget's assistant for many years. From 1869 until 1885, he was lecturer in general anatomy and physiology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He was elected an assistant surgeon to the hospital in 1871 and a surgeon in 1882. He resigned his post as surgeon in 1892 due to his own locomotor ataxia condition. He was then appointed a governor of the hospital.
Baker was also surgeon, later consultant surgeon, to the
Work
He wrote a number of articles on bone and joint problems. He became regarded as an expert in
Bibliography
- Handbook of Physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1823–1864). (Editor)
- Statistics of cancer. Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of London, Vol. XIV.
- Erythema serpens. St. Bartholomew's Hospital Reports, 1873, 9: 198–211. on Rosenbach's erysipeloid.
- The formation of abnormal synovial cysts in connection with the joints. II. Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Reports, London, 1885; 21: 177–190. On Baker's cyst.
- Baker's cyst: formation of abnormal synovial cysts in connection with joints. Medical Classics, 1941; 5: 805–820.
References
- William Morrant Baker Biography at Whonamedit.com. Accessed January 2008
- Entry at biography center Accessed January 2008
- Baker, William Morrant Entry at Merriam Websters Medical Dictionary. Accessed January 2008