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 appl...

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1. Verfasser:	Withering, William 1741-1799 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge library collection. Botany and horticulture
Schlagworte:	Digitalis (Drug) / Case studies / Early works to 1800 Edema / Case studies / Early works to 1800 Fingerhut > Rachenblütler Roter Fingerhut Pharmakologie Therapie Medizin Fallstudiensammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Originally published in Birmingham by M. Swinney in 1785. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xx, 207 pages)
ISBN:	9781107706132
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781107706132