Project Gutenberg 2008-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 197 Withering, William 1741 1799 An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases Reading ease score: 68.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Starner, Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses" by William Withering is a scientific publication written in the late 18th century. The work focuses on the medicinal properties of the foxglove plant, specifically its efficacy as a treatment for various diseases, including dropsy and other conditions. Withering aims to share his experiences and observations regarding this plant's use in medicine, providing valuable insights for practitioners of his time. The opening of the book introduces Withering's motivations for writing, as he acknowledges initial reluctance but recognizes the importance of disseminating information about the foxglove. He discusses his experiences using the plant over the past decade and emphasizes the need for careful and informed application, along with a transparent sharing of both successful and unsuccessful cases. In this early segment, he also mentions his collaboration with other medical practitioners, cautioning readers—especially those outside the medical field—against drawing broad conclusions from the examples provided, indicating that the complexities of treatment necessitate a nuanced understanding of the foxglove's effects. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Purple foxglove Medicine -- Case studies -- Early works to 1800 Digitalis (Drug) -- Case studies -- Early works to 1800 Edema -- Case studies -- Early works to 1800 Materia medica RM Text Medicine Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Science - General 356940 356933 2024-10-10T15:02:34.951345 2023-09-11T06:45:23.065059 text/html text/html 364649 2008-03-21T10:29:14 text/html 177780 2008-03-21T10:29:28 text/html application/zip 293270 2024-10-10T15:02:47.031299 application/epub+zip 294695 2024-10-10T15:02:39.703313 application/epub+zip 194003 2024-10-10T15:02:37.887334 application/epub+zip 595192 2024-10-10T15:02:52.524258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 550681 2024-10-10T15:02:45.548282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286476 2022-09-11T12:30:32.792526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311002 2024-10-10T15:02:33.882333 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 309448 2008-03-21T10:29:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 105054 2008-03-21T10:29:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 310727 2008-03-21T10:29:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105132 2008-03-21T10:29:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 311052 2008-03-21T10:29:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105105 2008-03-21T10:29:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23860 2024-10-10T15:02:52.676243 application/rdf+xml 23706 2024-10-10T15:02:38.495332 image/jpeg 4992 2024-10-10T15:02:38.199336 image/jpeg 270827 2024-10-10T15:02:34.983357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia