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Physician's Materia Medica on Musk

MUSK
   The dried secretion from the preputial follicles of MOSCEUS MoscmrEnUs, Lin. Antispasmodic. analeptic, stimulant. An effcient remedy where others fail in persistent hiccough. Dose, 0.12 to 1.0 Grm. (2 to 15 grs.).1

MUSK ROOT (Sumbul)
   The root of FERULA SUMBUL, (Kaufm.) Hook. f. Antispasmodic, nervine, calmative, resembling Valerian, but less disagreeable.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.