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of this excellent Drug, order it in much larger Quan- 
tities ; the ufual Dofe amongft them being the tenth 
Part of an Ounce ( b ). In the Powder mention’d by 
Dr. JameSy at the End of his Treatife on the Cure 
of the Bite of a mad Dog, which -is faid to have been 
brought from China , the Quantity of Musk in each 
Dofe is fixteen Grains, and two of thefe are order’d 
to be taken at two Hours Diftance. 
The Prefcription laft mentioned had, to my own 
Knowledge, been given to feveral Perfons with great 
Succefs: Two in particular; the one an Acquaintance 
of mine, a Student at Oxford ; the other (c) a Ser- 
vant-Maid to Mr. Rogers, an Innkeeper in this City. 
In 
very few of them amounting, to half a Grain in a Dofe. Schroder 
makes the higbeft Dofe of Musk four or five Grains. Lemery buc 
four Grains Hertnannus gives five Grains; but his Commentator 
Boeder gives great Caution about its Ufe : c Circa Mofchi Ufum (fays 
c he) caute procedure dcb.wus ; prafertim in Mu'lieribus. Sanguinevi 
c mpetunfum aamoduvi reddit , <& Hcemorrhagias Narium facile exci- 
1 tat.' 'And Juncker , Confp. Therapia general. Tab. 18. feems 
not a jot lefs fearful of it. For, after he has told us, that it is won- 
derfully extoll’d in nervous Diforders, and many others, he adds — — 
c Sed votandum eft internum Mofchi Ufum, niji parciffimus fty fepe 
c noxias Humotuni Comniotiohes inf err e ; cceterum non adeo probatuw, 
e vedtnn tavi gravibus plerifque Malis fuperandis parem reperir'f &C.&C. 
( b ) Vide Du Halde on the Physic of the Chinefe. 
(c) This Girl had been bitten about a Tear beiore the Symptoms 
came on; and had, immediately after the Bite, taken the ufual Pre- 
cautions of being dipp’d in fait Water, &c. She continued well for 
the interval ; but, about twelvefMonths after the Accident, file began 
to be dull, and to have an extreme Dread of the Confequences of the 
Bre. The Part where fhe was bitten (which was the lower Part of 
the Cheek) began to give her great Pain, attended with frequent con- 
vulfive Catching therein: At laid the Wound broke out, and gleeted 
a thin Ichor, with all the Symptoms mentioned above. 
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