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The Life and Times of William Withering
William Withering whilst travelling from Birmingham to Stafford and stopping to change horses, was asked to see a patient suffering from the dropsy. A few weeks later, enquiring about her progress, he was told she had improved following the use of a remedy of an old woman in Shropshire. He was able to discren that of all its ingredients, the one likely to be responsible was derived from the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). His most famous contribution to the world of medicine was to study its optimum dosage, and accurately to chart its side effects. Withering was also a mineralogist and botanist. He was a member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham. Within this book we traverse world even...
William Withering and the Foxglove
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An Account of the Foxglove
Reproduction of the original: An Account of the Foxglove by William Withering
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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