dig1tal

& s. [Lat. is.] A. As adj .: Pertaining to the fingers or digits, or the toes. Thus there are arteries of the foot as well as of the hand. B. As subst.: A finger. dig-i-tal-ir-et-in, s. [Mod. Lat. is; second element not obvious; suff. -etin.] Chem.: C30H50010. A glucoside obtained by boiling digit a line with a dilute alkalinic solution and precipitating by an acid, which gives dig italic acid, C4H9O33, a substance crystallizing from alcohol, and capable forming salts. By boiling with acids it is resolved into i ret in and glucose. ( Miller.) dig-1-tā-lis, s. [Lat. is, from digit us =a finger, from the flowers being put on their fingers by children.] 1. Bot . A genus of plants belonging to the natural order Scrophulariacese. They are natives of Europe and Western Asia. There are numerous species, all of them tall herbs. is purpure a is the common Foxglove. 2. Pharm .: The dried leaves of the Foxglove are used in medicine, as powder, infusion, or tincture, or in the form of the active principle, Digit a line. is purpure a belongs to the order Scrophulariacese, and is very useful in cases of heart disease, acting as a cardiac tonic and sedative, especially in mitral disease with dilated heart; also in delirium tremens and acute mania. It should not be given where the renal functions are disordered, as in chronic Bright's disease, but as a diuretic' in the dropsy of the heart disease it is extremely useful. The powdered leaves or an extract of is pur pure a , ochroleuca , lœvigata , ferruginea , and other species, in overdoses produce vomiting, vertigo, and other symptoms, followed even by death.