Musk
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British Pharmacopoeia 1867
Musk Moschus
“The inspissated and dried secretion from the preputial follicles of Moschus moschiferus…; native of the mountainous regions of Central Asia. Imported from China and Asia.” [1]
Characteristics
“In irregular reddish-black rather unctuous grains; having a strong peculiar very diffusible odour, and a bitter aromatic taste; contain in a round or slightly oval membranous sac, about two inches in diameter, covered on the outer side with stiff greyish hairs arranged in a concentric manner around its central orifice.” Given in a dose of 5-10 grains.[2]
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
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)[3]
“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” [4]
“It is extensively used as a perfume”[5]
Remedies Containing or to be used with Musk
- Ammonia, Sesquecarbonate of: musk included in “Anti-Spasmodic Mixtures”[6]
- Buchu Leaves: tincture of mush included in a mixture used to treat gravel and “general nervousness of the system” [7]
- Musk: see def[8]
- Tincture of Artificial Musk: to be given daily to children, Savory does not indicate why.[9]
Diseases Treated with Musk
General Diseases
- Ear, Disease of the: 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[10]
References
- ↑ General Medical Council of Great Britain, British Pharmacopeia, (London: Spottiswoode & Co.,1867), 215 https://archive.org/details/britishpharmacop00gene
- ↑ GMCGB, 216
- ↑ Savory, John. A Compendium of Domestic Medicine (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 394. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Savory, 103-04
- ↑ Savory, 104
- ↑ Savory, 16
- ↑ Savory, 34
- ↑ Savory, 103-04
- ↑ Savory, 134
- ↑ Savory, 229