MOSCHUS.
Moschus moschiferus, L.
Class
, Mammalia; Order,
Ungulata; Family, Bovidæ; Tribe, Moschina.
Common name
, Musk deer.
Preparations
, Trituration of the
inspissated secretion contained in the preputial follicles.
Authorities.
(Nos. 1 to 35,
from Hahnemann, with annotations by Dr. Hughes); 1, Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 1, 316; 2, Fr. H-n; 3,
Gross; 4, Stapf; 5, Th. Bartholin, Epist. Med. Cent., II, p.
87 (observation, odor); 6, Boeclr.,
Adnot. ad Hermanni Cynos. Mat. Med., p. 10 (general statement, odor); 7, Boerhaave, de Morb. Nerv., p. 744 (general
statement, odor); 8, Rob. Boyle, de
insig, effl. effic., cap. 6 (observation, odor); 9, H. J. N. Cranz, Mat. Med., I, p. 252
(general statement); 10, Cartheuser,
Ferndam, Mat. Med., p. 380 (observation); 11,
Lor. Crellius, in Baldinger’s Mag., VII, p. 656 (there are only 571
pages in this volume, -Hughes); 12,
Cullen, Mat. Med., II. p. 644 (effects of large doses); 13, Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., p. 392 (general
statement, odor); 14, J. A. Hemann,
Med. Aufsütze, Berlin, 1778 (not accessible); 15,
Fr. Hoffmann, Med. Rat. Sys., III, p. 92 (general statement of effects
of odor of suaveolentia); 16,
Loeseke, Mat. Med., p. 529 (general statement); 17,
Mead, Monit. Med., p. 123 (observation); 18,
F. C. Medicus, Samml. v. Beob. a. d. Arzn., II, p. 605, 618
(observation; 19, Mercurialis de
compos. Med., I, cap. 15 (effects of inhalation, p. 259); 20, Morgenstern (not Morgenbesser), in Nova
Acta Nat. Cur., IV, 1770 (symptoms cured by M.), omitted, T. F. A.; 21, Pelargus, Obs., II, p. 492 (Moschus in a
pessary, “Mutterzäpfchen.” -Hahnemann), (not accessible,
-Hughes); 22, Pederit, Pharm. Rat.
(p. 266, general statement); 23,
Reil, Erkenntniss u. kur. d. Fieb., IV, p. 174 (nothing about M. in this
place); 24, Riedlin, Lin. Med., p.
856 (obs. of effects of a “medicine containing musk and
ambergris”); 25, Rolfinck,
Epit. Meth. cogn. et curand. m. Cap. de Cap. dol. (observation, odor); 26, Sanctorius, Comment. in Artem. Med. Gal.,
§ 71 (observation, odor); 27, Lucas
Schroeck, Hist. Moschi. Aug. Vindel., 1682 (statements and
observations); 28, Sennert, Med. pr.
lib., 4, p. 125 (observation, odor); 29,
Jac. Sylvius, Meth. Med. comp. et. simpl., I, Cap. de Animal.
(observation odor); 30, Bl. L.
Tralles, de Moschi laudibus et abusu limit. in Medela, Morb. Vratisl.,
1783, 8 (observations); 31, Vogel,
Hist. Mat. Med., p. 356 (observations); 32,
Wall, in Philos. Trans. (vol. xliii, p. 213, effect of 16 grains of
powder in convulsive disorders); 33,
G. W. Wedel, Amœn. Mat. Med., p. 198 (statement as to effect of
“suaveolentia, moschata, et volatialia,” generally); 34, Weikard, Med. Pract. Handb., Heilbronn
und Rothenb., 1798, 1799 (observation); 35,
Rob. Whytt, Schriften, p. 504 (statement), (36
to 41, Jorg’s provings, from his
Materilen, provings of Kneschke, Jorg, and Martinis, with Moschus triturated with Magnesia, omitted); 36, Guntz, took one dose of 5 grains; 37, Otto, took 2 grains triturated with sugar
first day, 4 grains second day, 6 grains third day, 8 grains fourth day,
10 grains fifth day; 38, Siebenhaar,
took repeated doses of 2 grains to 1/2 scruple; 39,
Mrs. C. H., took repeated doses of 3 to 6 grains; 40, Miss T. H., took 3 and 6 grains,
repeated; 41, Theo. Jörg, took 3
and 6 grains, repeated (Nos. 42 to 46, from Hromoda, Journ. f. Hom. Arznm., 1,
p. 99); 42, effects of making 1st
trit., in a man aged fifty-two; 43,
same, in a woman, aged forty-five; 44,
same, in another man; 45, general
effects, observed while making the triturations; 46, symptoms observed from the 6th dil.; 47, Sundelin, Horn’s Archiv., 1824 (Wibmer),
effects of 20 grains, swallowed in the morning; 48,
Robinson, proving in a young “female” (woman?), from 200th
dil., every second morning, effect after three doses, Br. J. of Hom.,
25, 323; 49, Berridge, effects of 4
drops of M. (preparation not stated, T. F. A.), every night, afterward
reduced to 3, 2, and 1, and also of injection per vaginam of same, N. Y.
J. of Hom., 2, 308; 50, same,
effects of 30 drops of 6th dil., in Miss —, Am. Obs., 1875, p. 307; 50a,
same, effects of 3d trit., in same person; 51,
same, Miss —, took 1st trit.; 51a, same, effects of 6th dil., in same
person; 52, same, Mrs. —, took 2d
dil.; 53, same, Miss —, took 3
drops of 2d dil. in water; 54, same,
Dr. B., himself, took 30 drops of 6th dil.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Excitement
similar to that which is caused by wine; with increased frequency,
fulness, and softness of the pulse, continuing two hours (after a few
minutes), [47]. ► Sudden loss of his senses; in this
condition he thought that his fingers and toes were cut off; against
which he remonstrated with such rapid and confused speech that nothing
could be gathered from it, [46]. ► He began to rave, spoke very low, as
though afraid of disturbing some one; saying pst, pst, pst, then began
to sigh deeply, and to play with the buttons of his waistcoat, as though
taking them off and putting them on; this lasted ten or eleven minutes,
and then consciousness returned (after half an hour), [44]. ► It
made her feel quiet and self-possessed; no fear of anything, is usually
nervous and timid, [52]. ► Very good-humored, although annoyed he
was unable to say anything, yet it seemed to him as though he should be
angry (after two hours), [43]. ► Low spirits, [51a]. ►
Anxiety, as if something were about to happen, [51]. ► Great
anxiety, [10]. [Omit Hoffman.
-Hughes.] ► Mood very anxious, [42]. [10.]
► Very anxious; she always started up
in fright if any one opened the door, and her body trembled visibly
(after three hours), [46]. ► He was extremely anxious about death;
after triturating three minutes, he began to say, “This is my
death,” became deathly pale, and in ten minutes fell down in a
faint (speedily restored by Camphor), [45].
► She spoke of nothing but that she
must die (from triturating ten minutes), [45].
► Fretful mood (first hour), [4]. ►
She is very fretful, yet would weep every moment, [46]. ► Very
peevish; he sprang up, wild with anger, and did not know what to do with
himself from rage, until he struck a vessel that stood near him, when he
became better (after five hours and a half), [46]. ► Very
violent anger; she would not be quieted by anything, but continued to
rave until the mouth was quite dry, lips blue, eyes staring, and face
deathly pale, when she fell to the ground (after ten minutes), [45]. ►
While sitting unemployed, and then again restless and running about, he
scolded at every one he saw, and seemed to be afraid of only me (after
five hours), [46]. ► Intellectual. ►
He sits in thought, talks aloud to himself, but indistinctly; strikes
with his hands, then suddenly cries out “ah, ah!” (after
thirteen minutes), [45]. ► She sits in the thought, strikes her
hands together, makes various gestures, so that others fear she will
lose her reason, disappearing in half an hour (after twenty-four hours),
[45]. [20.]
► Dulness of mind, with diminished
memory, [45]. ► Stupid feeling in head (after ten
minutes), [50]. ► A stupid feeling in forehead (after
fifteen minutes), [53]. ► Distraction of mind that prevented work, [31]. ►
No memory, though he answered every question; if a former question was
repeated he gave a confused answer, as though thinking of something
else, [42]. ►
Memory suddenly vanished, with a pressive sensation upon the vertex, [45]. ►
So forgetful that he did not know what had just happened; this was
repeated daily, but disappeared after three days (after twelve hours), [45]. ►
Stupor of the brain, [30]. ► Half stupefied; she was taken into the
open air (after five minutes) where she recovered her senses (after ten
minutes), [43]. ► A stupefaction with vertigo, so that he
was obliged to sit down, and while sitting, felt as though he would
fall, and therefore held on to a chair (after two hours), [46]. [30.] ► A kind of stupefaction, and all the
objects in the room seemed large black figures, which would spring upon
him, [44]. ►
A kind of dizzy stupefaction, so that he thought he could not see or
hear, yet he saw and heard everything, [45].
► Loss of mind for whole hours; on
coming to his senses, he complained of sticking in the joints of the
fingers (after twelve hours), [46].
► Coma, [30].
HEAD.
►
Confusion and Vertigo. ►
Head confused, and almost dizzy, [39].
► Confusion of the head, as in
intoxication, [30]. ► Confusion of the head; the upper part
seems tense, though without pain, [3].
► Vertigo, [10]. ►
Sensation of vertigo in the head, [3].
[From 2 grains of the powder. -Hahnemann.] ►
Vertigo amounting even to loss of consciousness (after ten minutes), [45]. [40.]
► Slight dulness in the head,
amounting to vertigo, [39]. ► Vertigo on stooping, that disappears on
rising (after five hours), [46]. ► Vertigo, with a sensation as though
whirling violently so that he even felt the air on his face, [45]. ►
Vertigo, with nausea, so that she was obliged to lie down; with desire
for black coffee (after thirty hours), [2].
► Vertigo, nausea, and vomiting, at
the same moment, [45]. ► Vertigo with a kind of nausea; associated
with a pressive, somewhat throbbing, headache, over the whole posterior
portion of the head, with some drawings, as with a thread (extending
into the spine, as far down as the first lumbar vertebra), [44]. ►
Vertigo, with sudden faintness, [45].
► Vertigo, with great rush of blood
to the head, lasting two hours; better in the open air (during the first
five minutes), [45]. ► A kind of vertigo on moving the lids
relieved in the open air (after two hours), [46]. ►
Vertigo, as though she were, standing very high, and would fall, [45]. [50.]
► Vertigo, so that she thought that
she fell from a height, [45]. ► Vertigo, as if intoxicated; he was unable
to walk alone, [42]. ► Vertigo, so that he could not walk alone;
he reeled from side to side in the room (after three hours), [46]. ►
Vertigo, as if all objects were moving (after ten minutes), [45]. ►
Vertigo, as if intoxicated; everything that she looked at seemed to move
(after ten minutes), [43]. ► Vertigo, as if everything were turning in
a circle, at first very slowly, then faster and faster; at last it
seemed as though she were floating in the air, then she became
stupefied, and in this stupefaction it seemed as though she fell from a
great height, and she lost her consciousness (after ten minutes), [43]. ►
Vertigo, like a whirling, that soon disappears (after five hours), [46]. ►
Vertigo, as if intoxicated, so that he was obliged to steady himself to
prevent falling, [45]. ► Sudden vertigo, with dimness before the
eyes, so that he could make no movement whatever (after six hours), [46]. ►
Dizziness of the head, like vertigo, with pressure upon the crown, [45]. [60.]
► Sensation of dizziness, with
general discomfort (after three hours), [46].
► Turning in the forehead and before
the eyes, aggravated on stooping (after a few minutes), [4]. ► General
Head. ► It affects the
head, [9]. ►
The blood mounts to the head, [26].
► Rush of blood to the head, [38]; with heaviness, [46]. ► Rush
of blood to the head, with staring eyes, and cramp in the mouth, so that
he was unable to answer the question, “How are you?” though he
understood perfectly (after five minutes); he continued the trituration,
and in seven minutes he began to speak, but his words came so rapidly
and so run together, that it was impossible to record what he said;
neither could his confused talk be interrupted; from that time to ten
minutes, he was deathly pale, and the perspiration was dripping from his
face and hair, [42]. ► Dulness in the head, with stupefying
pressure in the brain, [3]. ► Slight dulness of the head, [37]. ►
Heaviness of the head, [2], [30]; (after four minutes), [43]. ►
Heaviness of the head, amounting to real pain in the forehead, [40]. [70.]
► Heaviness and pressure in the head
(second day), [39]. ► Slight heaviness of the head, [41]. ►
Head heavy and confused, [40]. ► Painfulness of the head on violent
motion, as, for example, ascending steps (after four hours), [4]. ►
Headache, [10], [25], [27].
► Headache, with drawing in the right
ear (after twenty-four hours), [46].
► Headache, with nausea and vomiting,
[45]. ►
Slight headache, [37]. ► Violent headache, [8]. ► Raging
headache; he cried out violently, “My head!” and held his head
with his hands, [46]. [In a boy
aged five years, from coming unexpectedly into a room where Moschus was
being triturated, speedily by Camphor.] [80.]
► Stupefying headache, that made him
close his eyes, [46]. ► Headache, as if the brain would fall out,
[46]. ►
Feeling of fulness in the head (after half an hour), [4]. ►
Headache, as if the head were tightly laced (after three hours), [45]. ►
Sensitive dull pain in the whole head, especially in the evening (after
twenty-four hours), [46]. ► A kind of aching in the head, extending
deep into the brain (after thirty-one hours), [46]. ► The
whole head hurts; a drawing, here and there, as far as the nape of the
neck, where it is a tension, better in the open air, much worse in the
house (after one hour), [4]. ► Painful drawing in the head, from the
occiput to the ears, and from the ears into the teeth, more on the right
side (after three hours), [4]. ► Spasmodic drawing through the whole head,
[3]. ►
A pressive pain deep in the brain, [45].
[90.] ►
Pressive pain over the whole head (after two days), [46]. ►
Pressive headache, internally in the brain, [43]. ►
Pressive headache, with coldness as from cold applications to the head
(after three days), [46]. ► Tensive pressive headache, with a
sensation as if something in the brain were moving. [45]. ► A kind
of complication of pressive and boring headache, at one time through the
whole head, at another behind the ears, at another in the forehead, at
another in the vertex, and then in the occiput, [43]. ►
General pressure on the head and upper part of the forehead, [3]. ►
Headache as though a weight were lying upon it, somewhat aggravated by
motion, [42]. ► Headache as if a heavy weight were lying
upon the whole upper part of the head, relieved by moving about in the
air (after two hours), [46]. ► Headache, as if half of the skull were
cut though, better in the open air, [45].
► Tearing pain in the right half of
the head, [45]. [100.] ►
Pressive sticking pain in the forehead (after thirty-six hours), [46]. ►
Forehead. ► Slight pain in
the forehead, alternating with pain in the occiput, [41]. ►
Compressive headache in a small spot just above the root of the nose,
causing dulness (after one hour), [1].
► Slight aching in forehead, with
sleepiness, in the afternoon (second day), [50]. ►
Pressure in the frontal region, [39].
► Distressing pressure in the frontal
region, aggravated by moving about, [39].
► Pressive pain in the forehead,
extending down between the eyebrows to the nose and into both cheeks, [46]. ►
Pressive pain in the forehead, with a red spot upon it (after four
days), [45]. ►
Pressive headache in the frontal region, extending down into the eyes
and nose, [41]. ► Slight pressive headache in the region of
the forehead, [36]. [110.] ►
Slight sticking in the forehead, [4].
► Temples. ► Slight sudden drawing in the temples, [3]. ►
Transient drawing pressure in the right temple, [3]. ►
Pressive pain in the right temple (after five hours), [46]. ► Vertex.
► Creeping on top of brain, [51].
► Occiput. ► Pressive painful sensation in the
cerebellum (after forty-two hours), [46].
► Throbbing and beating headache in
the occiput (after three days), [45].
► Headache as from something beating
in the occiput, thence the pain spread and extended to the forehead
(after one hour), [45]. ► External Head. ►
The whole head was as painful as a sore, aggravated by touch, [44]. ►
Headache externally, as if the whole scalp were sore, aggravated by
touch (after four days), [46]. [120.] ►
Itching, here and there, in the scalp, disappearing after scratching, [3].
EYE.
►
Objective. ► Eyes staring,
very glistening, quite prominent; with loss of senses, so that he could
not answer questions, although he heard everything, [45]. ►
Stiffness of the eyes (after four minutes), [43]. ► Eyes
stiff, protruding from their orbits, [44].
► Subjective. ► Pressure in both eyes, as from sand, [44]. ►
An irritation in both external canthi, relieved by rubbing (after
sixteen hours), [46]. ► Biting in the eyes, as from smoke, with
lachrymation (immediately, from the odor), [4]. ► Itching
in the eyes, so that she was obliged to rub them (after half an hour), [4]. ►
Brow and Orbit. ►
Stupefying pressure on the left eyebrow, [3].
► A sensation above the margin of the
orbits, as if a dull instrument were pressed into the brain, [3]. ►
Lids. [130.] ► The upper lids seem swollen, with a
pressive sensation in them (after thirteen hours), [45]. ► Lachrymal
Apparatus. ► Lachrymation
of the left eye, as if she were weeping, [43].
► Profuse lachrymation of the left
eye, with pressure, [46]. ► Ball. ►
Distortion of both eyes, outward, [42].
► Vision. ► Eyes dim, with a pressive pain in the
inner canthus (after twenty-two hours), [46].
► Eyes dim; pupils dilated (after ten
minutes), [43]. ► Dimness before the eyes, [4]. ► Sudden
dimness before the eyes, so that she thought she would become blind, [45]. ►
A dizzy unsteadiness before the eyes on the least motion of the head, as
if something moved rapidly up and down (immediately, even from the
odor), [4]. [From triturating 2
grains with sugar and water, and while taken in three doses in two days.
-Hahnemann.] ► Black points a few
times before the eyes, [44]. [140.] ►
Loss of vision, with contracted pupils (after nine minutes), [43].
EAR.
►
External. ► Discharge of
much wax from the left ear (second day), [45].
► As many as three drops of wax
flowed from the right ear, only at night (fourth day), [45]. ►
Pressive pain in the left concha, as if the ear had been pressed against
the head, during the first twenty-four hours, [45]. ► Middle.
► Fluttering in the left ear, as if a
flea were in it (after five hours), [46].
► Sudden, very transient rushing into
the ear, as from the fluttering of a large bird, now in the right, now
in the left side (after sixty hours), [3].
► Rushing in both ears, as in
faintness (after three hours), [46].
► Sensation as though a gentle wind
were blowing, in the left ear (after two hours), [46]. ►
Violent rushing in both ears, as from a violent wind, [42]. ► Hearing.
► Difficult hearing; one was obliged
to speak loud to make him understand, [45].
[150.] ►
Constant cracking in both ears, for two days (after four hours), [46]. ►
Crackling in the right ear, with a disagreeable sensation, for which she
has no expression (after twenty-three hours), [46]. ►
Rustling in the left ear and a sensation as though a flea were in it, [43]. ►
A frightful sound in the right ear, like the firing of a cannon; some
drops of blood came from the ear, [45].® 2000
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