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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    fmall dofes of opiiwni, fo aS to reftraiii iW action on the bovcels. fn the funiiher bf the year 1776, I oi'dered a quantity of the leaves to be dialed, and as it theil be'catne poffible to afcertain its dofes', if was gradu- ally adopted by the medical pra<5litioners irt the cir- cle of rrly acquaintance. In the month of Novtmber 1777, in cortfequbnce of an application from that vOry celebrated furgeoh, Mr. RulTel, of Worcefter, I fe'nt hitii the following account, which I choofe to introduce here, as fliew- ing the ideas I then entertained of the medicine, and how much I' was miflalcen as to its real dofe.— “ I generally order it ih decodion. Thrd^ drti'rifS of “ the dried leaves, colleded at the tirne of the blof- ‘ ‘ foms expanding, boiled in twelve to eight ounces of “ water. TwO fpoonfuls of this medicine, given eve- “ ry two hours, will fooner' Or later excite a naiifeai “ I havefometimes ufed the green leaves gathered in “ winter, but then 1 order three times the weight; “ and in one inftance I ufed three ounces to a p'int “ decodion, before the defired effed took place. I “ confider the Foxglove thus given, as the moftcer- “ tain diuretic I kiioW, nor do its diuretic effeds “ depend merely upon the naufea it produces, for “ in cafes where fquill a:nd ipecac, have been fo “ given as to keep up a naufea' feVeral days together'^ “ and the flow of urine not taken place, I have found “ the Foxglove to fucceed; and I haVe, in more than “ one inflance, given the Foxglove in fmalier and A 3 more