An Account of the Foxglove and Some of Its Medical Uses

      William Withering (1785), an English physician, published

      “An Account of the Foxglove and Some of Its Medical Uses”.

• He observed that extracts of foxglove reduced edema in patients with heart failure (then called “dropsy”).

• Withering’s work is considered the birth of modern pharmacology, since he carefully documented dosing, effects, and toxicity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foxgloves To Digoxin 

 

 

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