Henry Burton (physician)

Henry Burton
MD, ML, MD, BS, FRCP
Born27 February 1799
Died10 August 1849
NationalityBritish
EducationTonbridge School
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge, St Bartholomew's Hospital
Occupation(s)Physician, chemist
Known forBurton line
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Poulton
(m. 1826)
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Henry Burton FRCP (27 February 1799 – 10 August 1849) was a British physician and chemist, who identified that blue discolouration of gums, the eponymous Burton line, was a symptom of lead poisoning.

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge