VERTEBRATA. 



Vertebrated Animals. 



No. 7. 

 MOSCHUS MOSCHIFERUS. 



THE MUSK ANIMAL,. 



Moschus. 



The animal substance. A medicinal agent. 



Musk. 



Geog: Position. Asia. 



Quality. Aromatic. 



Power. Stimulant, antispasmodic. 



Use. Spasmodic diseases, hysteria, asthma, cholera, &c. 



SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS. 



Natural Classification. 

 5. DIVISION Vertebrata. CLASS Mammalia. 



Cuvier, Regne Animale, II. Ballard and Garrod, Mat. Med. 447. Syst. Nat 

 Gmelin, I. 172. Pereira, Mat. Med. H. 812. Thomson, Mat. Med. 63, 510. 

 Lond. Disp. 444. U. S. Disp. 481. Wyatt, Nat. Hist. 52. EC. Disp. 266. 



GENUS MOSCHUS. 



Muse (F.), Bisam (G.), Muschio (It), Almizcle (Sp.), Muskus (Dutch), Mysk 

 (Swed.), Denner (Dan.), Almisca (Port.), Meshk (Arab, and Hind.), Castorie 

 (Tarn.), Mesk (Pers.), Jebat (Malay), Rutta Oorrola (Cyng.), Ziakoo (Japanese). 



THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS. 



Incisors none in the upper jaw, in the lower usually eight. A 

 vacant space between the incisors and molars, but in which 

 in some genera are found one or two canines. Molars 

 twelve in each jaw, the crown marked with two double cres- 

 cents of enamel, of which the convexity is universally out- 

 wards in the lower jaw, and inwards in the upper. 



Clavicles none. Extremities disposed for walking. Two toes 

 furnished with hoofs, metacarpal and metatarsal bones 

 united. 



Stomachs four ; the first and largest is called the paunch, the 

 second the bonnet, the third the leaflet, and the fourth the 

 rennet. Intestines long. 



Mammae two or four, inguinal. 



Horns in the male, and frequently in the female, of most species. 



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