Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea): flowering plants. Colour process print, c. 1924.

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[1924]
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25608i
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Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea): flowering plants. Colour process print, c. 1924. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (42 Cannon Street) : Morgan Brothers Ltd., [1924] (London : The Avenue Press)

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1 print : process print, printed in colour ; image 14 x 8.9 cm

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Medicinal plants (IV) Digitalis purpurea, Linn. n.o. Scrophulariaceae. common names: common foxglove; dead men's bells; dog's finger; fairy bells; fairy fingers ... French: digitale, digitale pourprée, grand digitale. German: fingerhut. parts used: leaves (carefully dried and preferably not more than one year old) active principles (glucosides): digitoxin (crystalline), digitalin, and digitonin

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Wellcome Collection 25608i

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