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• Pages 103 112 describe the use of " decoction of foxglove " ( digitalis ) to treat " dropsy " ( heart failure ), under the heading " A note belonging to " page " 65, " and " 68 ", and the words " The fox-glove has been given to dropsical patients in this country with considerable success : the following cases are related with design to ascertain the particular kinds of dropsy, in which this drug is preferable to squill, or other evacuants . " The case notes given on these pages are the first published account of the treatment, predating the description published in 1785 by its discoverer William Withering in " An account of the foxglove and some of its medical uses ".