WILLIAM WITHERING (1741–1799): A BIRMINGHAM LUNATIC

1 Peck TW William Withering of Birmingham MD Wilkinson KD. FRS FLS. Bristol: John Wright and Sons Ltd; 1950.

2 Aronson JK. An account of the Foxglove and its medical uses 1785–1985. Oxford University Press; 1985.

3 Schofield RE. The Lunar Society of Birmingham. Oxford University Press; 1963.

4 Withering W. De Angina Gangraenosa or Malignant Putrid Sore Throat. Edinburgh: Auld and Smellie; 1766.

5 Withering W. An Account of the Scarlet Fever and Sore Throat or Scarlatina Anginosa particularly as it appeared in Birmingham in 1778. London: T Cadell; 1779.

6 Withering W. A Botanical arrangement of all the Vegetables naturally growing in Great Britain. London. M Winney for T Cadell: P Elmsley and G Robinson; 1776.

7 Withering W. A New Method of preserving fungi. J Linnean Society 1794; 2:263-6.

8Peck, Wilkinson, op. cit. ref. 1, 71-3.

9 Withering W. Experiments upon the different Kinds of Marle found in Staffordshire. Philosophical Transactions 1773; lxiii: 161-6.

10 Withering W. An Analysis of two Mineral Substances viz. the Rowley Rag-stone and the Toad-stone. Philosophical Transactions 1782; lxxii:327-36.

11 Withering W. Experiments and Observations on the Terra Ponderosa. Philosophical Transactions 1784; lxxiv:293-311.

12 Withering W. A letter to Joseph Priestley LLD on the Principle of Acidity, the Decomposition of Water. Philosophical Transactions 1788; lxxviii:319-30.

13Peck, Wilkinson, op. cit. ref. 1, 155-66.

14 Withering W. An Account of some Extraordinary effects of Lightning. Philosophical Transactions 1790; lxxx:293-5.

15 Withering W. An Account of a convenient Method of inhaling the Vapour of Volatile Substances. Annals of Medicine 1799; iii:447-51.

16 Fowler T. Medicinal Reports of the Effects of Arsenic. London: publisher not named; 1786. Contains William Withering’s A Letter on the Arsenical Solution.

17Schofield, op. cit. ref. 3, 163-5.

18Schofield, op. cit. ref. 3, 313-6.

19Schofield, op. cit. ref. 3, 357-62.

20Peck, Wilkinson, op. cit. ref. 1, 208-9.

21 Withering W. Analyse chimica da aqua das Caldas da Rainha. A chemical analysis of the water of Caldas da Rainha. Printed by the Royal Academy at Lisbon in Portuguese and English. 1795.