Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Jackson, Hall, 1739-1797, A.L. (copy) to Edward Augustus Holyoke; Portsmouth, N.H., 1 side (1 page), 1790 July 12., 1790 July 12. Digital
FOUND IN:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
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Collection:
Hall Jackson papers
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Series:
Series I. Correspondence of Hall Jackson, 1771-1790, undated.
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3Identifier: H MS c14
Scope and Contents:
Copy of correspondence about growing purple foxglove (digitalis purpurea) and its medical effectiveness in conditions such as "glandular diseases of the abdomen," which sometimes accompanied dropsy. He includes case histories of several patients he treated with foxglove for postpartum illness, dropsy, asthma, and swelling, with varying results.