Observations on the properties of foxglove and the best manner of administering that plant / by C. Labelonye.

  • Labelonye, C.
Date:
[1865?]
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    properties by which Foxglove acts upon the animal economy. I shall only add that the administration of this Syrup has appeared to me much more convenient for the patients than that of the other preparations of this plant, and that it has never given rise to those accidents which I have many times witnessed from their use. Mailly, Physician of the H6pital de la Pitie. Sir, — I have used your Syrup for a long time with confidence, be- cause 1 have observed that in its sedative action it far excels all the other preparations of Foxglove. The opinion that I here give, Sir, is based upon numerous facts which cannot leave any doubt as to its superiority. Carteaux, Physician attached to the Ministry of Public Works, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Every practical physician has remarked the physiological action of Foxglove (digitalis purpurea) on the animal economy; its effects in calmingirritability, relieving spasmodic attacks of the heart, and abating the circulatory movements and urinary secretions have been fully esta- blished. I declare to have obtained the happiest results from the admi- nistration of the Foxglove Syrup, prepared by Mr. Labelonye, among the numerous patients affected with palpitations of the heart and serous infiltrations; having had hydrothorax myself, I can only attribute my cure to the use of his Syrup. Therrin, Formerly principal Surgeon of the Army, chief Surgeon of the Bourbonne Military Hospital, associate of the Royal Academy of Medicine, officer of the Legion of Honour. I, the undersigned, certify that the Purple Foxglove having incontes- tably, among other virtues, that of augmenting secretions of the urine, I have several times prescribed the Foxglove Syrup that Mr. Labelonye has, I believe, invented, and it has given the most satisfactory results that I could possibly desire. Fouquier, First physician of the late Louis Philippe, clinical professor to the Faculty of Medicine, member of the Royal Academy of Medicine, etc. Sir, — I have frequently administered your Foxglove Syrup with the best results in affections of the heart, and in many cases of asthma caused by the organic disease of that organ; in some special affec- tions of the kidneys I have obtained the same; an abatement of the bea- ting of the pulse, a diminution, sometimes a cessation of llie palpita-