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of Musk.-*— When it is taken in the Quantities and 
Manner order'd in the Prefcription mentioned by 
Dr. James , the Sweat it procures is very copious, 
and feldom goes off under thirty or forty Hours j 
yet, tho* it continues fo long, it gives not much 
Fatigue to the Patient, on account of the eafy Sleep 
and Spirits which the Medicine gives at the fame 
time. In thefe refpe&s, the Operation of Musk 
much refembles that of Opium ; but is, in This, much 
preferable, that it leaves not behind it any Stupor or 
Languidnefs, which the latter often does; fo that it 
feems rather to approach what is faid of Oleum ani - 
male „ Musk, therefore, feems likely to anfwer in 
thofe low Cafes where Sleep is much wanted, and 
Opiates are improper. 
I always chuie to give it in a Bolus, if that Form 
be not difagreeable to the Patient ; becaufe the 
Perfume in that Way is not near fo ftrong as in any 
other : Indeed when given in a large Quantity, it is 
rather fetid than fragrant ; and I never yet met with 
any hyfterical Pcrfon, how averfe foever to Perfumes, 
but could take it in that Form without Inconve- 
nience. 
I cannot deny but I have once or twice prescribed 
Musk, and not found the ufual Succefs after repeated 
Dofes s but this, upon a more exad Scrutiny, I found 
was owing only to feme Sophiftication of that which 
had been ufed : For, after having tried three or four 
Dofes from one Shop without Succefs, upon fending 
for the fame Quantity as had been before order'd, 
from another Perfon, whofe Musk I had before ex- 
perimented, I found the very firft Dofe anfwer as 
ufual. — - ■ Indeed it is much to be lamented, that a 
Medicine 
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