from CORRESPONDENTS, 161 
_ A Letter from Mr. Winviraiente Surgeon, 
in Dudley. 
Dear Srr, 
IT gives me great pleafure to 
find you intend to publifh your obfervations on 
the Digitalis purpurea. : 
Several years are now elapfed fince you commu- 
nicated to me the high opinion you entertained of 
the diuretic qualities of this noble plant. ‘To enfure 
fuccefs, due attention was recommended to its pre- 
paration, its dofe, and its hes upon the Sytem. 
eS aS 
Laas gate abe. infifion of he. dried leaves; 
the dofe the fame as in the prefcriptions returned. 
If the medicine operated on the ftomach or bowels, 
it was thought prudent to forbear. ‘When : 
neys began to perform their proper fun , and 
the urine to be difcharged, a continuance of its far- 
ther ufe was unneceffary. 
Thefe remarks you made in the cafe of the fit 
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