William Withering

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Fellow of the Royal Society botanist chemist human physician

William Withering was an 18th-century English physician and botanist best known for introducing the medical use of digitalis (foxglove) to treat heart disease.

Aliases (1)

William Withering Jr. ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fellow of the Royal Society → botanist → chemist → human → physician →
academicDegree	MD →
birthDate	1741-03-17 →
birthPlace	Wellington, Shropshire →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
centuryOfActivity	18th century →
child	William Withering Jr. →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
deathDate	1799-10-06 →
deathPlace	Larkfield, near Birmingham →
describedAs	pioneer in the clinical use of digitalis →
educatedAt	University of Edinburgh → University of Edinburgh Medical School →
employer	Birmingham General Hospital →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Withering →
fieldOfWork	botany → cardiology → medicine → pharmacology →
givenName	William →
hasInfluenced	clinical use of cardiac glycosides → development of modern cardiology →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Lunar Society of Birmingham → Royal Society →
name	William Withering →
notableFor	introduction of digitalis into medical practice → study of foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) → treatment of dropsy (edema) with digitalis →
notableWork	An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses →
occupation	botanist → chemist → physician →
positionHeld	physician at Birmingham General Hospital →
publicationDate	1785 →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Helena Withering →
studied	Digitalis purpurea → medicinal plants →
workLocation	Birmingham → Stafford →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
William Withering ("William Withering Jr.") →	child
Lunar Society of Birmingham →	hasMember
William Withering →	name