of Digitalis Purpurea. 81 



I could not positively say, that the ptyalism, in this 

 case, was produced by the digitalis alone ; because 

 calomel had been used. But in the case of Mr. 



C 's child, I think there can be little doubt on 



the subject. She was about eleven years old, and 

 had received an injury on the right side of the thorax, 

 from a fall, several weeks before I saw her, during 

 which time nothing had been done for her. I found 

 her much debilitated. She had a distressing cough, 

 which came on two or three times in twenty-four 

 hours, and spat large quantities of a very fetid, yellow- 

 ish matter. I gave her the digitalis, which, after 

 some time, excited a ptyalism to a considerable de- 

 gree. The salivary glands were swelled, and she 

 complained much of a sore-mouth. The medicine 

 was purposely omitted for a few days, when all these 

 symptoms went off. It was again administered, and 

 the ptyalism was again produced. 



In this case, not a particle of calomel had been 

 used, and, indeed, very little of any thing but the di- 

 gitalis. This case likewise proved fatal. 



Dr. Wilson likewise informs me, that digitalis has 

 produced a very similar effect, in one of his patients. 



Attleborough ( Pennsylvania J, 

 December 29th, 1801. 



The preceding facts will, perhaps, appear the more 

 worthy of notice, when it is recollected, that the celc- 



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