Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea): flowering plants. Colour process print, c. 1924.

London (42 Cannon Street) : Morgan Brothers Ltd., [1924] (London : The Avenue Press)

1 print : process print, printed in colour ; image 14 x 8.9 cm

Medicinal plants (IV) Digitalis purpurea, Linn. n.o. Scrophulariaceae. common names: common foxglove; dead men's bells; dog's finger; fairy bells; fairy fingers ... French: digitale, digitale pourprée, grand digitale. German: fingerhut. parts used: leaves (carefully dried and preferably not more than one year old) active principles (glucosides): digitoxin (crystalline), digitalin, and digitonin

Wellcome Collection 25608i