Born 17 Mar 1741; died 6 Oct 1799 at age 58.

English physician who made a classic study of the medicinal use of #digitalis. From his interest in botany, he paid attention to folk remedies used by herb-gatherers, including the #foxglove. The leaf extract was efficacious in use for certain cases of " #dropsy " (#oedema, caused by #heartfailure). He determined the doses safe to use, and published a careful report of his findings in An Account of the Foxglove (1785). His report gave good case histories, including failures as well as successes.

Thus he added digitalis as a very useful drug for physicians to use to steady and strengthen #heart action. He was also a mineralogist, and #witherite (barium carbonate) is named after him. He suffered greatly for years from chest disease, probably tuberculosis.

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