An Account of the Foxglove and its Medical Uses 1785-1985 : Incorporating a facsimile of William Withering's `An Account of the Foxglove and Some of its Medical Uses' (1785)

ISBN-13: 9780192615015 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 350 str.

Ed. Jeffrey K. Aronson; William Withering

Opis

This unique two-part discussion of foxglove--the herb from which digitalis is derived--features a facsimile of William Withering's classic "An Account of Foxglove and Some of its Medical Uses," complete with explanatory notes interpreting this eighteenth century text for the modern reader. The second part of the book, written by J.K. Aronson, co-author of the Oxford Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology, includes an introduction to the botany and pharmacology of foxgloves, their therapeutic uses before Withering, a short biography of Withering, an account of 18th century medical practices, and finally a review of the uses of digitalis in modern medicine.

Recenzje

so well-written, so thoroughly researched and so full of fresh material...the Oxford pharmacologist has written a classic about a classic.