Withering Revisited

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Abstract
Digitalis purpurea, so named because of its color and a resemblance between the shape of its flower and that of a finger, gained a permanent place in medical therapy more than two centuries ago. Crude preparations of the powdered leaf or the tincture continued to be used as late as the 1960's, despite the availability of the active glycosides in the 1940's. We cannot yet claim to understand how it exerts its varied effects on the myocardium, the conduction apparatus, and perhaps the peripheral blood vessels, but a gradual enlightenment is in progress.In this issue of the Journal . . .

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