tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094525994992609390.post8871810604284380646..comments2020-08-27T23:05:52.800-04:00Comments on Beyond the Battle - Bladensburg 1814: New Cure for Dysentery Described in Bladensburg, Maryland 1825Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344619456024544621noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9094525994992609390.post-83860481994543290982013-03-30T12:30:57.579-04:002013-03-30T12:30:57.579-04:00Some thoughts on the identity of Dr. William Baker...Some thoughts on the identity of Dr. William Baker of Bladensburg.<br /><br />Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Vol. 1 (1895): 55-88.<br /><br />Reprinted Dr. James Ewell’s description of the British invasion of Washington. He notes that he and Dr. William Baker of Georgetown treated the wounded and injured British soldier after the Battle of Bladensburg. Mentions a hospital in Bladensburg.<br /><br />Original source: James Ewell, Planters’ and Mariners’ Medical Companion, 3rd ed. (Philadelphia, 1817). Chapter on “Bilious Fevers” includes his article on the capture of Washington.<br /><br />Federal Republican, 3/23/1816<br /><br />Real estate ad mention location in relation to Dr. Wm Baker in Georgetown.<br /><br />Baltimore Sun, 5/6/1840 (also 5/25/1840)<br /><br />“Murder Will Out.” James Boteler arrested in Philadelphia for the murder of James Bridewell in Bladensburg about 15 years ago. “He was arrested on the oath of a Dr. Baker....”<br /><br />[Could this Dr. Baker be the Dr. William Baker of Bladensburg who in July 1825 was credited with developing an effective treatment for dysentery? (See Beyond the Battle blog entry for 3/29/2013). The timing suggests he could have been an eyewitness to the murder. More identification needed for this doctor. Was he the same Dr. William Baker of Georgetown who with Dr. James Ewell treated wounded and injured British soldiers in the aftermath of the Battle of Bladensburg? (See Ewell’s account in his Planter’s and Mariners’ Medical Companion, 3rd ed., Philadelphia, 1817) Did this Dr. Baker move to Philadelphia where he encountered Boteler in 1840?]Doug McElrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291034014462792988noreply@blogger.com