An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses

William Withering's seminal work, 'An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses', is a pioneering volume in the field of botany and medicine. Published in 1785, it documents the author's decade-long research on the therapeutic use of the foxglove plant, particularly in treating dropsy, an archaic term for edema associated with congestive heart failure. Withering meticulously reports on ...