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Revision as of 14:46, 12 May 2016
Musk
Contents
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #)
Classified as an Antispasmodic (Remedies Which Remove Spasms or Colic)(410/389) and as a Stimulant (Remedies Which Speedily Increase the Frequency of the Pulse and the Heat of the Body)(415/394)
“Is esteemed one of the strongest anti-spasmodic and stimulants we possess” and can be used to treat hysterical paroxysms, epilepsy, hooping-cough, and low fevers during their later stages. As an enema, it has often calmed convulsions had by children “produced by dentition” (124-125/103-104
“It is extensively used as a perfume” (125/104)
Remedies Containing or to be used with Musk
- Ammonia, Sesquecarbonate of (37/16): musk included in “Anti-Spasmodic Mixtures”
- Buchu Leaves (55/34): tincture of mush included in a mixture used to treat gravel and “general nervousness of the system”
- Musk (124-125/103-104): see def
- Tincture of Artificial Musk (175/134): to be given daily to children, Savory does not indicate why.
Diseases Treated with Musk
General Diseases
- Ear, Disease of the (250/229): in cases of discharge coming from the ear, a few grains of musk placed inside the ear and held in place with cotton wool can help diminished the amount of discharge