Abstract
The administration of digitalis in the treatment of heart affections may be said to have been revolutionized since the work of 1 in 1915. This student of digitalis has demonstrated that it is possible to use the body weight of the patient for the estimation of the approximate total amount of the drug which would be required to obtain its therapeutic effects. The question of dosage in the use of digitalis has at last been put on a sound basis. There is abundant evidence that the Eggleston of digitalis administration has been of great benefit to those in need of its action, and the question arises whether any harm has resulted from the larger dosage which the method implies. Opportunity has been afforded in the heart laboratory of the Boston City Hospital to study the effect of digitalis on a large number of patients. A variety of untoward
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