On the influence of digitalis on the weak heart of typhus fever / by Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw.

  • Grimshaw, Thomas Wrigley, 1839-1900.
Date:
1873
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    ON THE INFLUENCE OF DIGITALIS ON TUB WEAK HEART OF TYPHUS FEVER. [Read before the Medical Association of the King and Queen's College of Physicians.] On the 8th of January my friend Dr. Little brought under the notice of the Society the subject of the use of digitalis in the failing heart and delirium of acute disease. On that occasion the author appealed to those present who had the opportunity to test the value of the drug in the treatment of the adynamic affections of fever. I determined to adopt Dr. Little's suggestion, and to make the trial in any suitable cases which might come under my care. It was suggested by my former colleague, Dr. H. Kennedy, during the debate which followed Dr. Little's paper, that digitalis should be given as a single remedy, in order efficiently to test its value. I endeavoured to carry out Dr. Kennedy's suggestion as far as possible. I believe the observations and cases which 1 am about to lay before the Society will confirm Dr. Little's opinions, and possibly add something thereto. It may now be considered as an established fact that digitalis is a stimulant to the circulation, and Dr. Fothergill has suggested that it may be employed as such in the treatment of acute asthenic disease. By a