Ueber β-Digitoxin

Hippokrates Ueber die Krankheiten III

irrelevant. Chemistry and the relations between science, technology, and industry are well surveyed by Crosland and Cardwell respectively. Forbes's essay on mathematical cosmography is not a comprehensive account but the story (albeit interesting) of a few German cartographers. Compared with other recent collections of essays in the history of science, this volume parades no party line: witness...

Digitoxin—A Critical Review *

Within recent years, there has been an increasing interest in purified digitalis preparations. However, in spite of the original optimistic reports , the recent literature tends to discredit the value of the new preparations. Most criticisms fall into two groups: (A) Inadequacy of digitali-zation with the original recommended dosage schedules. (B) Increase in the incidence of drug toxicity. It ...

Large-scale digitoxin intoxication.

Because of an error in the manufacture of digoxin tablets a large number of patients took tablets that contained 0.20 mg. of digitoxin and 0.05 mg. of digoxin instead of the prescribed 0.25 mg. of digoxin. The symptoms are described of 179 patients who took these tablets and suffered from digitalis intoxication. Of these patients, 125 had taken the faultily composed tablets for more than three ...

Ueber Das Verschwinden Der Θ-functionen

Fluoroimmunoassay of digitoxin in serum.

This fluoroimmunoassay for digitoxin in serum involves use of a sheep antiserum to digitoxin coupled to magnetizable solid-phase particles and fluorescein-labeled 3-O-succinyl digitoxigenin as tracer. Sodium salicylate blocks binding of the drug by binding proteins, and endogenous fluorophores and other interfering components in serum samples are reliably and completely removed at the separatio...