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those preparations which show a maximum of therapeutic action 

 with a minimum of side effects, such as the nauseant and emetic. 

 It is not known at what period digitalis possesses this advantage, 



or how it may be developed, if at all, during the process of drying. 

 In recent years it has been proposed that digitalis leaves should be 

 carefully dried, stored in bottles or tight tin cans in which a bottle 



