An account of the foxglove, and some of its medical uses : with practical remarks on dropsy, and other diseases / by William Withering.

  • Withering, William, 1741-1799.
Date:
1785
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Credit: An account of the foxglove, and some of its medical uses : with practical remarks on dropsy, and other diseases / by William Withering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I inteudedvin thi® .place to have ■ traced the hiftory of itsefFedlsijtindiffiafeBfromthe time ofFuch- hus, who firft defcribes it, but l^liave been antici- pated in*- this intention by my very valuable friend. Dr. Stq^e^^^of-.^tpyr^iiHge, giiyho has lately fent me the following -r, e lUu H .y ^ i j.aaJ.' '0. H isTORicAL View pf^the Properties of Digitalis, T^TEuQjH^i{jsdg ^54'2, is the firft author who notices it. From him it recm^es its name of Digitalis, iiF^lufion to tiie German name of Fin- ^ SENSiELfi'QuALiTrEs. Lcaves bitteriui, vei^^'nau- feohs'.3 Lewis ?72dd:^ i. 342. ' - din .sn ■ * ■- J-'a • SemsiblC Effects. Some perfons, foon after eat- ing of ^ kind of omalade, into which the leaves of this, with thdfe of feveral other plants, had enter- ed as an ingredient, found themfelves much indif- p6fed,'*-and were prefently after attacked with vo- ^ mitihgs.xDoDON.cus '170. i K o' It is a medicine which is proper only for ftrong conftitutipns, as it purges.very violently^ and ex^^ cites pxceffive vomitmgs. Ray, hijt. 767. lio, -ub 1 ■ '.o li- i-: ■ V . JV, Boerii4AVe judges it to be of a poifonous nature, hifl. plant, but Dr. Alst,on ranks, it :among thpfe in- digenpi^.^Qgetables, ‘hivki^fii though novy idifret [3 ‘‘ yarded,