Digitalis: in all dropsies, but especially cardiac dropsies. Infusion is best form.

Digitoxin.

Diet: dry.

Elaterium or Elaterin: useful hydragogues cathartics, especially in chronic renal disease; should not be given in exhaustion.

Erythrophleum: in cardiac dropsy instead of digitalis.

Ferropyrine.

Fuchsine.

Gamboge never to be used!

Gold.

Hellebore: in post-scarlatinal dropsy.