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llty of ("wallowing. She (aid, When the Meat of 
Drink came to a certain Part of the Gullet, (lie was 
immediately affecfed with the Senfation of a tight 
Cord round her Neck, which feemcd almoft to ftran- 
g!c her, fo that (he was obliged to throw her Food 
back again. As this was manifeftly a Spafm of the 
Oefophagus and Mufcles of Deglutition, he order’d 
her our Antifpafmodic, mixing two Scruples of Musk 
(as I remember) in a fix-ounce Phial, and order’d her 
to take this by Spoonsful. Several of the firft Doles 
fhe rejected, as fhe did other Liquids; bur, perceiv- 
ing that the Diforder gradually abated upon the Ufc 
of this Medicine, (he pcrfever’d in it, and, at lad, 
could (wallow freely and eafily as before. This Tingle 
Bottle completed the Cure. 
I could cire many more Inftances to the fame Pur- 
pofc, both from my own Practice, and that of the 
other Phyficians of this Place, to whom I commu- 
nicated my Obfervations. One I cannot omit, which 
my very learned and ingenious Friend Dr. Mackenzie 
has furnifh’d me with. I beg Leave to tranfcribe his 
own Words: — ‘ Musk, (fays he) given, according 
‘ to your Method, in a proper Dofe, that is, from fix 
c Grains to fixteen, is the bed antifpafmodic Medi- 
* cine that I know. The Efficacy of it in Hiccups, 
‘ arifing from any nervous Diforder, (and not from 
c any Wound or Inflammation) is furprifingly great 
e - and fudden. Of many Inftances I have feen, I fhall 
* only mention one: 
6 A young Lady, reduced to an extreme Degree 
‘ of Weakncfs, by a flow wafting Fever, attended 
* with a great Diforder and Lownefs of Spirits, had, 
4 when I firft faw her, the moft frequent Hiccup I 
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