MUSK.
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f tot naclj ^ S1 ?' J ts primitive effects were eructation, weight at the'^Unes's 1 , nu J lu ^ 011 °r increase of appetite, dryness of the oesophagus," ere mor 01 t lC bea d, vertigoes, and headache. The secondary effectsj° s *tion to V lar ^ ei ^ on riie encephalon than on the digestive canal: dis-J * a st] y> dg slee P> faintness, and a feeling of heaviness in the whole body.011 riie ner^ aTI< ^ Pmg-continued sleep. In very large doses the action6 ' ei1 c oiivul° US s y stem was very marked ; trembling in the limbs, anda ril SQj Ileu ,|‘ ons ’. ' vere observed. The pulse was increased in frequencyCere bro- Sr .^ bat filler. These effects show that musk belongs to theCu V s v J( lnants ( see P- fi6 )- It is a stimulant to the nervous and vas-^aiis } tems - 1 • - ■ lw no
3r s yl nantS ^ SGe I )- rid)- It is a stimulant to mu ........ -- -
ans unif mS ’ aiK ^ an irritant to the stomach. Its effects are by nol'ere,| fro 0 ™’ ^' rousseau and Pidoux (Traite de Therap. t. i. p. 25),Hi’* •--* -r +i.o ,-iwnlar system nor sleep.
r‘ <j u iron q" d vou-sscaii and fidoux (i rune w . — r .
' Is iiiflu en 1 • use ne ither excitement of the vascular system nor sleep.^Uionly t 1S In0re ma, dfested in some constitutions (those, for example,w^ition p nile d nervous, in whom there is a very sensible or excitableCpOrer nervous system), than in others (as the phlegmatic).
J ty br a i Z S e uects are more marked in some morbid conditions of theriies e f u ctl pns (of the hysterical kind) than in the healthy condition
I , u liarlv nctl&n s. In some persons the nervous system appears to be^ - U y ’ *• -W that head-
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iunctions. In some persons Ul( r ?T t °^s^eporteil that- hcpiarly susceptible of the odour of musk , i ced by it. \\ heti
giddiness, and even fainting, h a \e ■ ^ i 1 T jtation, musk i ncr ,'
,b e stive annamti-ic v- — 1T> " n *
he
e sti Ve app SS ’ anci . even fmding, nave oeen uwuv^ - v ... the
; ^°nal dji ai . atus i. s previously in a state of irritation, musk increases|f °hietiu les th er ’. bd' ing rise to pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea,t ^ a hs, >p r 6 s rimulant influence of musk is directed to the sexual, l,| ri asse z - Usseau au d Pidoux (op. supra cit.) experienced from it. ? a rion a ]j Vl ' e ex citation des organes genitaux.” In the female it hasij 'rihxis i t VP rov °ted the catamenial discharge. In persons disposed todianh* at • t ' nles a Ppeared to bring on the haemorrhage. Occa-w *‘ e °doro 0l ' e ^ s or diuresis has seemed to result from its use.
If- , of the , US principle of musk is absorbed, and subsequently thrownp e ®. ii 1 y«teui by the excretories. Barbier (Traite Elem de Mat.rs ° ns Wlio’h n< ^ e ^' observes that the urine and the sweat of
, °d°Hr—, Tlr „ ave riri^n this substance are powerfully impregnated withs e r “" i n .*r,.,f it,,, hand applied, for the pur-
"o Have taken this substance are pouen -r *“fr? lhe pur .se ol i‘ f . * ow and then so strongly, that the ha “ ’ 0n p0 st-
irteJ eelln g the pulse, retains the odour for some tn
n tlios e eX f’ nnial ion, the brain, and the cavities of the phesGt.^ sin ell of
nH. L -p 1 ' 0 , llave taken it during life, s ?merimes emit a s^ s gubsL insut j le demann and Gmelin (Vers. u. d. Wege. / <•
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iiMlemann and Gmelin (Vers. u. d. wege.wy •
S - 63, 69 , 71, 73. 1820), recognised the odoui of n ^
y^ct; p . of rile mesenteric, splenic, and portal veins , u ^ men .l0 U th at ” l ^ e contents of the lacteals. Trousseau and , () f
'risk. b ln their experiments, the excretions acqunet a ee ] iav e
a b en however, denies that the excretions of those who
Psix Us !).Jiave the smell of this substance. ^ , . _ ,. a ,,. T „ i t i s a
'"1, vice Ucil w dl be useful where we want to exci e i d tenn i na tion
*Cr?’ that H wiU be hurtful wbe . re 3 herC ,ipn 1 omiuated plethoric.
, ' e c ase!°- tbe brau b a, ‘d in those constitutions t musb ig some -
11168 nsef 'l* wbb d' experience seems to have sli
, P Th U> are riie following:— , „ movements, and
diith w Se diseases which are attended with convulsi hysteria,
’ tller6 fore, are called spasmodic. Such, for example, >