An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of Its Medical Uses: with Practical Remarks on Dropsy, and Other Diseases
1785
Withering's 1785 account of treating dropsy, swelling from water in the body, with foxglove leaf. He describes his cases one by one: the foxglove pills or infusions given, how much urine came, whether the swelling went down, and who recovered, relapsed, or died. He warns that the plant poisons when pushed too far.