VIVERRA CIVETTA. 



as an antispasmodic, in various convulsive diseases, especially in 

 hysteria, epilepsy, tetanus, and as a stimulant in retrocedent gout. 

 Tn cholera, it is given with the view of checking vomiting. Com- 

 bined with ammonia, it has been celebrated for its power of 

 arresting the progress of gangrene, and in this form- the late 

 Mr. White of Manchester administered it with great advantage 

 in sloughing phagedenic ulcers, and in sphacelus, particularly in 

 elderly people. Tt is much employed by the Hindoo physicians, 

 as an antidote to hydrophobia ; and if we are to believe a paper 

 inserted in the Philosophical Transactions for 1745, by Reid, no 

 other remedy is employed at Tonquin than musk, against the bite 

 of a mad dog. In the Tonquin specific it is combined with 

 cinnabar, and is exhibited in large doses, frequently repeated ; but 

 Alibert* mentions having seen it given in hydrophobia without 

 effect. Hillary says in these cases it acts as a sudorific, and Gmelin f 

 regarded it as a specific antidote. Its dose is from five grains to 

 half a drachm, repeated every five or six hours, in the form of a 

 bolus. To children it has been recommended by Dr. Murray, under 

 the form of enema, as a remedy, in the convulsions arising from the 

 irritation of dentition. Dr. Duncan says the best preparation is 

 the tincture. 



Off. Prep. — Mistura Moschi, L. Tinctura Moschi, D. 



VIVERRA CIVETTA. 



African Civet, or Civet Cat. 



Order Fer.^e, Lin. Carnasiers, Cuv. 

 Gen. Char. Incisors I ; canines f — i ; ?noIars f — 4= 

 40. From four to six molars on each side in each 

 jaw; head long ; muzzle pointed ; tongue bristling with 

 papilla? ; feet pentadactyle ; claws semiretractile ; a 

 pouch under the anus, containing a thick and very 

 strong scented liquor. 



* Mat ere Medicale, v. ii. 550. 

 t Diss, de specif co aniidoto novo adversus morsu cants rabidi, Tub. 1750. 



