Observations on the preparation, utility, and administration of the digitalis purpurea, or foxglove, in dropsy of the chest, consumption, hemorrhage, scarlet fever, measles, &c. including a sketch of the medical history of this plant, and an account of the opinions of those authors who have written upon it, during the last thirty years / by William Hamilton.
- Hamilton, William, 1772-1808.
- Date:
- 1807
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on the preparation, utility, and administration of the digitalis purpurea, or foxglove, in dropsy of the chest, consumption, hemorrhage, scarlet fever, measles, &c. including a sketch of the medical history of this plant, and an account of the opinions of those authors who have written upon it, during the last thirty years / by William Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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