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An essay on the medical properties of the digitalis purpurea or foxglove.
Manchester: Printed by Bowler and Russell & London: For Messrs. Cadell and Davies, 1799.
"John Ferriar...published the first monograph on digitalis after William Withering (1785). Ferriar was the first to suggest that digitalis was beneficial in dropsy (severe congestive heart failure), in part because it appeared to act directly on the heart" (W. Bruce Fye, Profiles in cardiology, 76).
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #11592 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/13791 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | an-essay-on-the-medical-properties-of-the-digitalis-purpurea-or-foxglove |
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Publication places: Manchester; London