This unique two-part discussion of foxglove--the herb from which digitalis is derived--features a facsimile of William Withering's classic An Account of Foxglove and Some of its Medical Uses, complete with explanatory notes interpreting this eighteenth century text for the modern reader. The second part of the book, written by J.K. Aronson, co-author of the Oxford Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology, includes an introduction to the botany and pharmacology...