William Withering
(1741–1799)

English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis

William Withering

Works

  • Dissertation on angina gangrenosa (1766)
  • "Experiments on different kinds of Marle found in Staffordshire" Philosophical Transactions 63 (1773): 161-2
  • A botanical arrangement of all the vegetables growing in Great Britain (1776, 2 volumes)
  • An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat, or scarlatina (1779)
  • "An analysis of two mineral substance" Philosophical Transactions 72 (1782): 327-336
  • Outlines of mineralogy (1783, translation of Torbern Olof Bergman's Latin original)
  • "Experiments and observations on the terra ponderosa" Philosophical Transactions 74 (1784): 293-311
  • An account of the foxglove and some of its medical uses (1785)
  • A botanical arrangement of British plants (2nd edition, 1787)
  • "Letter to Joseph Priestley on the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water" Philosophical Transactions 78 (1788): 319-330
  • "An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning" Philosophical Transactions 80 (1790): 293-295
  • An account of the scarlet fever and sore throat2nd edition, 1793)
  • "A new method for preserving fungi, ascertained by chymical experiments" Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2 (1794): 263-266
  • Analyse chimica da aqua das Caldas da Rainha (1795, in Spanish)
  • "Observations on the pneumatic medicine" Annals of Medicine 1 (1796): 392-393
  • An arrangement of British plants (3rd edition, 1796)
  • "An account of a convenient method of inhaling the vapour of volatile substances" Annals of Medicine 3 (1799): 47-51
  • The Miscellaneous Tracts of the Late William Withering

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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