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FOX-GLOVE**: A genus of plants, belonging to the didynamia class; and in the natural method ranking under the 28th order, Luride. See Botany Index.

Fox-glove has been employed in cases of haemoptysis, of phthisis, and of mania, with apparent good effects; but its use in these diseases is much less common than in dropsy. It should be administered with great caution. See Medicine, and Materia Medica Index.