An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses / With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases
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Chapters (482)
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE FOXGLOVE, AND Some of its Medical Uses: WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS ON DROPSY, AND OTHER DISEASES.
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- Historical View of the Properties of Digitalis.
- The following is an abridged Account of its Effects upon Turkeys.
- OF THE PLATE.
- EXPLANATION.
- FOOTNOTES:
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE INTRODUCTION of FOXGLOVE INTO MODERN PRACTICE.
- CASES, In which the Digitalis was given by the Direction of the Author.
- 1775.
- CASE I.
- 1776. CASE II.
- CASE III.
- CASE IV.
- CASE V.
- 1777. CASE VI.
- CASE VII.
- CASE VIII.
- CASE IX.
- CASE X.
- CASE XI.
- CASE XII.
- CASE XIII.
- 1778. CASE XIV.
- CASE XV.
- CASE XVI.
- CASE XVII.
- CASE XVIII.
- CASE XIX.
- 1779.
- CASE XX.
- CASE XXI.
- CASE XXII.
- CASE XXIII.
- CASE XXIV.
- CASE XXV.
- CASE XXVI.
- CASE XXVII.
- 1780. CASE XXVIII.
- CASE XXIX.
- CASE XXX.
- CASE XXXI.
- CASE XXXII.
- CASE XXXIII.
- CASE XXXIV.
- CASE XXXV.
- CASE XXXVI.
- CASE XXXVII.
- CASE XXXVIII.
- CASE XXXIX.
- CASE XL.
- CASE XLI.
- CASE XLII.
- CASE XLIII.
- INTERVALS.
- CASE XLIV.
- CASE XLV.
- CASE XLVI.
- CASE XLVII.
- CASE XLVIII.
- CASE XLIX.
- CASE L.
- CASE LI.
- CASE LII.
- CASE LIII.
- CASE LIV.
- CASE LV.
- CASE LVI.
- CASE LVII.
- 1781. CASE LVIII.
- CASE LIX.
- CASE LX.
- CASE LXI.
- CASE LXII.
- CASE LXIII.
- CASE LXIV.
- CASE LXV.
- CASE LXVI.
- CASE LXVII.
- CASE LXVIII.
- CASE LXIX.
- CASE LXX.
- CASE LXXI.
- CASE LXXII.
- CASE LXXIII.
- CASE LXXIV.
- CASE LXXV.
- CASE LXXVI.
- CASE LXXVII.
- CASE LXXVIII.
- CASE LXXIX.
- CASE LXXX.
- CASE LXXXI.
- CASE LXXXII.
- 1782. CASE LXXXIII.
- CASE LXXXIV.
- CASE LXXXV.
- CASE LXXXVI.
- CASE LXXXVII.
- CASE LXXXVIII.
- CASE LXXXIX.
- CASE XC.
- CASE XCI.
- CASE XCII.
- CASE XCIII.
- CASE XCIV.
- CASE XCV.
- CASE XCVI.
- CASE XCVII.
- CASE XCVIII.
- CASE XCIX.
- CASE C.
- CASE CI.
- CASE CII.
- CASE CIII.
- CASE CIV.
- CASE CV.
- CASE CVI.
- CASE CVII.
- 1783.
- CASE CVIII.
- CASE CIX.
- CASE CX.
- CASE CXI.
- CASE CXII.
- CASE CXIII.
- CASE CXIV.
- CASE CXV.
- CASE CXVI.
- CASE CXVII.
- CASE CXVIII.
- CASE CXIX.
- CASE CXX.
- CASE CXXI.
- CASE CXXII.
- 1784. CASE CXXIII.
- CASE CXXIV.
- CASE CXXV.
- CASE CXXVI.
- CASE CXXVII.
- CASE CXXVIII.
- CASE CXXIX.
- CASE CXXX.
- CASE CXXXI.
- CASE CXXXII.
- CASE CXXXIII.
- CASE CXXXIV.
- CASE CXXXV.
- CASE CXXXVI.
- CASE CXXXVII.
- CASE CXXXVIII.
- CASE CXXXIX.
- CASE CXL.
- CASE CXLI.
- CASE CXLII.
- CASE CXLIII.
- CASE CXLIV.
- CASE CXLV.
- CASE CXLVI.
- CASE CXLVII.
- CASE CXLVIII.
- CASE CXLIX.
- CASE CL.
- CASE CLI.
- CASE CLII.
- CASE CLIII.
- CASE CLIV.
- CASE CLV.
- CASE CLVI.
- 1785.
- FOOTNOTES:
- HOSPITAL CASES, Under the Direction of the Author.
- CASE CLVII.
- CASE CLVIII.
- CASE CLIX.
- CASE CLX.
- CASE CLXI.
- CASE CLXII.
- CASE CLXIII.
- COMMUNICATIONS FROM CORRESPONDENTS.
- A Letter to the Author, from Mr. Boden, Surgeon, at Broseley, in Shropshire.
- CASE communicated by Mr. Causer, Surgeon, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
- Extract of a Letter from Mr. Causer.
- CASE.
- Extract of a Letter from Doctor Fowler, Physician, at Stafford.
- CASES communicated by Mr. J. Freer, jun. Surgeon, in Birmingham.
- CASE I.
- CASE II.
- Extract of a Letter from Doctor Jones, Physician, in Lichfield.
- CASE I.
- CASE II.
- CASE III.
- CASE IV.
- CASE V.
- CASE VI.
- CASE VII.
- CASE VIII.
- CASE IX.
- CASE X.
- CASE XI.
- CASE XII.
- CASE XIII.
- CASE XIV.
- CASE XV.
- CASE XVI.
- CASE XVII.
- CASE XVIII.
- CASE XIX.
- CASE XX.
- CASE XXI.
- CASE XXII.
- CASE XXIII.
- CASE XXIV.
- REMARKS.
- A CASE of Anasarca communicated by Mr. Jones, Surgeon, in Birmingham.
- REMARKS.
- Letter from Doctor Johnstone, Physician, in Birmingham.
- CASE II.
- Extract of a letter from Mr. Lyon, Surgeon, at Tamworth.
- Communications from Dr. Stokes, Physician, in Stourbridge.
- CASE I.
- CASE II.
- CASE III.
- The three following Hospital Cases, which Dr. Stokes had an opportunity of observing, are related as instances of bad practice, and tend to demonstrate how necessary it is when one physician adopts the medicine of another, that he should also at first rigidly adopt his method.
- CASE I.
- CASE II.
- CASE III.
- A CASE from Mr. Shaw, Surgeon, at Stourbridge.—Communicated by Doctor Stokes.
- A Letter from Mr. Vaux, Surgeon, in Birmingham.
- CASE I.
- CASE II.
- A Letter from Mr. Wainwright, Surgeon, in Dudley.
- CASE of Mr. Ward, Surgeon, in Birmingham.—Related by himself.
- Communications from Mr. Yonge, Surgeon, in Shiffnall, Shropshire.
- CASE I.
- CASE II.
- CASE III.
- CASE IV.
- CASE V.
- CASE VI.
- CASE VII.
- CASE VIII.
- FOOTNOTES:
- OF THE PREPARATIONS and DOSES, OF THE FOXGLOVE.
- EFFECTS, RULES, and CAUTIONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CONSTITUTION of PATIENTS.
- INFERENCES.
- PRACTICAL REMARKS ON DROPSY, AND SOME OTHER DISEASES.
- ANASARCA.
- ASCITES.
- ASCITES and ANASARCA.
- ASCITES, ANASARCA, and HYDROTHORAX.
- ASTHMA.
- ASTHMA and ANASARCA.
- ASTHMA and ASCITES.
- ASTHMA, ASCITES, and ANASARCA.
- EPILEPSY.
- HYDATID DROPSY.
- HYDROCEPHALUS.
- HYDROTHORAX.
- HYDROTHORAX and ANASARCA.
- INSANITY.
- NEPHRITIS CALCULOSA.
- OVARIUM DROPSY.
- OVARIUM DROPSY with ANASARCA.
- PHTHISIS PULMONALIS.
- PUERPERAL ANASARCA.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Errors fixed
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