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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    with Vin. chalyb. and at bed-time pil. ftyr. and fquill. His complaints increa:fing, the fquill was puflied as far as could be borne, but without any good effedl. September 15th, an infufion of Digitalis was diredled, but he died the next morning. September 18th. Mrs. R , iEt. 30. After a fevere child-bearing, found both her legs and thighs fwelled to the utmofl llretch of the Ikin. They looked pale, and almoft tranfparent. The cafe be- ing fimilar to that related at No. VIII. I determined upon a fimilar method of treatment; but as this pa- tient had an inflammatory fore throat alfo, I wifhed to get that removed firft, and in three or four days it was done. I then direded an- infufion of Digi- talis, which foon increafed the urinary fecretion, and reduced the fwellings, without any diflurbance of her flomach. A few days after quitting her bed and coming down flairs, fome degree of fwelling in her legs re- turned, which was removed by calomel, an opening electuary, and the application of rollers. October 7th. Mr. F-——, a little man, with a fpine and thorax greatly deformed; for more than a year paft had complained of difficult refpiration, and a fenfe of fulnefs about his flomach; thefe com- ' plaints increafing, his abdomen gradually enlarged. CASE XXVI. CASE XXVII. and '