An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of its Medical Uses

With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases

By:

William Withering

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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In 1775, the physician and botanist William Withering (1741–99) was informed of a folk cure for dropsy that had as its active ingredient the plant foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). Ten years later, after thorough trials on more than 150 patients, Withering published this monograph on the medicinal applications of the plant, not least to keep less experienced doctors from administering it to patients without the proper caution, given the plant's toxicity. Withering was the first doctor to employ foxglove as a remedy for congestive heart failure, which is now the primary disease treated by foxglove-derived pharmaceuticals, and the results from his trials broadly reflect those produced by modern physicians. Withering's first major publication, A Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain (1776), which includes observations on the medicinal applications of British plants, is also reissued in this series.

Release date Australia

September 25th, 2014

Author

William Withering

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Plates, black and white

Pages

236

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

Dimensions

140x216x14

ISBN-13

9781108075862

Product ID

22791199

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