NAMES, PROPERTIES, AND DOSES OF MEDICINE. 169 
more effectual and permanent relief when injected at the seat 
of pain, than when introduced elsewhere. The smallness of the 
dose required and the rapidity of its operation, are two practical 
advantages of the hypodermic method. It may be employed 
to allay pain and spasms occurring in almost any condition of 
the system, as in the varieties of neuralgia and colic during 
the passage of renal and biliary calculi, in tetanus, in inflam- 
mation of various kinds, in short, pain from whatever cause 
arising. Dose, 1-l0th to 4 gr. Very dangerous. 2s. per 
arachm. 
Mvusx.—The dried secretion from the follicus of the prepuce 
of moschus moschiferus, native of Thibet and other parts of 
Central Asia. Musk isa stimulant and antispasmodic, hence it 
tas been used in hysteria and epilepsy, and also to rouse the 
system in cases of an adynamic type as in typhoid pneumonia. 
{ts price, however, is almost prohibitive. Dose: 5 to 10 grains, 
We need not say use it sparingly, 6d per gr. 
Nux Vomica.—The seeds of the strychnos nux vomica, 
growing in and imported from the East Indies. The action 
of nux vomica is chiefly, if not wholly, due to the strychnine 
it contains. It acts as a bitter stomachic and often relieves 
in some forms of dyspepsia, as in phrosis. Nux vomica is 
_ much used in the treatment of paralysis, more especially when 
depending on lead poisoning and in other forms of local 
paralysis, such as atony of the bladder. It is also of service. 
in giving tone to the muscular system in cases where debility 
has arisen after severe illness, such as rheumatic fever, also 
to give tone in impotence from nervous exhaustion. Its power 
as an aphrodisiac is often well marked. Dose of extract } to4 
grain; of tincture 5 to 15 drops. 2s 6d per drachm; tincture, 
6d per ounce. Dangerous. 
Or oF Cinnamon.—The oil distilled from cinnamon bark 
is a stimulant, aromatic, and carminative; useful as an 
adjunct in diarrhoea; may also be employed in flatulence. 
Dose: 1 to 3 drops. Use with care. 1s perdrachm. 
