Withering, William. First edition—"One of the classics in pharmacology"

WITHERING, WILLIAM 

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FOXGLOVE, AND SOME OF ITS MEDICAL USES. BIRMINGHAM: PRINTED BY M. SWINNEY FOR G.G.J. AND J. ROBINSON, 1785

8vo (8 1/8 x 5 in.; 208 x 125mm). Half-title; folding plate in facsimile, some minor foxing and toning. Contemporary brown calf; sympathetically rebacked. 

First edition—"One of the classics in pharmacology" (Heirs of Hippocrates)

“Withering was one of the greatest medical botanists and his book is a pharmacological classic. Before his time, digitalis was a widely used folk remedy, occasionally mentioned in the folk literature, but it was due to him that correct dosages were established and the action of digitalis in dropsy and on the heart became generally recognised” (Garrison-Morton). 

REFERENCE:

Garrison-Morton 1836; Henrey 1505; Hunt 676; Norman 2255

PROVENANCE:

Frank van der Bogert, M.D. (bookplate to front pastedown)