The 8 patients studied all had ectopic arrhythmias attributed to digitalis. Pronethalol was given by slow intravenous injection, a total dose of 100 mg. or up to 2.0 mg. per kilogram of body weight ...
THERE is no more fitting introduction to the subject of digitalis intoxication than William Withering's description, in his "An Account of the Foxglove," of a visit to a traveling Yorkshire tradesman: ...
OUR knowledge of the action of digitalis on the heart was fouded by William Withering, of Birmingham, whose classical treatise was published in 1785. Since that time, owing to the multiplicity and ...