Treatment consists in lowering the body temperature by application of cold cloths, stimulants, strychnine or digitalin hypodermically.
"Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology"
W. G. Aitchison Robertson
Give chloride of ammonium in 30 grain doses to prevent delirium; strychnine or digitalin hypodermically.
"Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology"
W. G. Aitchison Robertson
Chemically, the Foxglove contains a dangerous, active, medicinal principle digitalin, which acts powerfully on the heart, and on the kidneys, but this should never be given in any preparation of the plant except under medical guidance, and then only with much caution.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie