14 GC-A S E.S 1776: 
difcredit a medicine which promifed to be of great — 
benefit to mankind, and I might be cenfured fora 
prefcription which could not be countenanced by — 
the experience of any other regular practitioner. — 
But thefe confiderations foon gave way to the defire — 
of preferving the life of this valuable woman, and — 
accordingly I propofed the Digitalis to be tried; — 
adding, that I fometimes had found it to fucceed — 
when other, even the moft judicious methods, ‘hae 
failed. Dr. Darwin very politely, acceded imme-~ 
diately to ‘my propofition, and, ‘as he had never, 
feen it given, left the preparation and the dofe ta 
stdin direttion. ° We therefore ee as follows: 
R. Fol. Digital. purp. recent. ziv. coque ex” 
Ag. fontan. pure fbifs ad Bi.” et cola. a 
ee Decoét. Digital. gifs.- Lae 
“Aq. Nuc. Mofchat. zi. M. ‘fiat. “haut. odis 
horis fumend. ) . a 
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