noun
Etymology
Origin of digitalin
First recorded in 1830–40; digital(is) + -in 2
Example Sentences
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"Do you remember what became of the bottle of digitalin?" he asked, fumbling in the closet.
From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
The tincture contains a fair proportion of both digitalin and digitoxin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Give chloride of ammonium in 30 grain doses to prevent delirium; strychnine or digitalin hypodermically.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
With breezy fatherliness which inspirited Una, he spoke of the possible presence of pneumococcus, of doing magic things with Romer’s serum, of trusting in God, of the rain, of cold baths and digitalin.
From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair
Barium chloride, digitalin, physostigmin, nicotin and other substances, as well as adrenalin, have been found to exert a selective toxic action on the muscle cells of the middle coat of the aorta.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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