MOSCHUS

(Lat.), n. m. Mo"sk(moasch2)'u2s(u4s). Gr., n6v\o<i. Fr., muse (2d def.). Ger., M. (2d def.), M'thier (1st def.). It., muschio (2d def.). Sp., almizcle (2d def.). 1. A genus of mammals of the Pecora, found in central Asia, having no horns, eight foreteeth in the lower jaw and two tusks in the upper jaw, one on each side. It differs from all true deer in having a gall-bladder. [B, 5, 180 (a, 35).] 2. See MUSK. Emulsio moschi [Finn. Ph., Swed. Ph.]. Sp., mixtura almizclada [Sp. Ph.]. Syn.: mixtura moschata. A preparation made by triturating 1 part of powdered musk with 3 parts each of sugar and gum arabic and with rose-water enough to make 100 parts [Finn. Ph., Swed. Ph.]; or by infusing 1 gramme each of orange-flowers and chopped saffron in 345 of water, straining, and adding a finely triturated mixture of 30 centigrammes of musk, 15 of ammonium carbon i cum pyro-oleosum, and 42 grammes of syrup [Sp. Ph.]. [B, 95 (a, 38).] E e i it i a inoschi. See Tinctura moschi. E entia inoschi artiflcialis. See Tinctura moschi artficialis. M. Arabum. Musk-seed; the seed of the Abelmoschus moschatus. [o, 35.] M. artificial is. See Artificial MUSK. M'- baum (Ger.). See GUAREA Swartzii.M.. cabardinus, M. cab arg in us. See Siberian MUSK. M. factitiug. See Artificial MUSK. M'kraut (Ger.). The Teucrium marum. [B, 180 (a, 35).] M. moschiferus. Fr., chevrotain porte-musc. Ger.,bisamtragendes M^thier, Bisambock, Bisamreh, Bisamhirschchen. The muskdeer. It is about three feet in length, with the limbs, especially the hinder ones, long and slender, the ears large, and the tail rudimentary. The long, coarse hair covering its body is extremely brittle. The male animal is the source of musk. This is contained in an oval, hairy, projecting sac about as large as a small orange, situated between the umbilicus and the prepuce, and lined internally by a smooth, irregularly folded membrane which secretes the 'musk. [B, 5. 180 (a, 35).] M. mogcoviticus. See Siberian MUSK. M. oriental is. See Thibet MUSK. M. pulver at us. Musk dried at 25 C., triturated in an iron mortar, and powdered, the sac and membrane with any hairs present with the musk being thrown away. [B,95(a, 38).] M. tibetanus, M. tunquinengig. Bee Thibet MUSK. M'wurzel (Ger.). See SUMBUL. Tinctura moschi [Ger. Ph., Belg. Ph., Dan. Ph., Gr. Ph., Swi Ph., Ru . Ph.]. Fr., teinture (ou alcoole) de muse [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., M'e enz, M'tinctur [Ger. Ph.]. Sp., tintura alcoholic a de almizcle [Sp.*Ph.]. Tincture of musk; made by macerating 1 part of musk with 44 parts each of alcohol and water, adding more alcohol if nece ary [U. S. Ph.], with 25 each of water and concentrated alcohol [Swi Ph.] (water, and dilute alcohol [Dan. Ph., Ger. Ph., Ru . Ph.], 24 each of water and dilute alcohol [Gr. Ph.], 10 [Fr. Cod.] or a sufficient amount [Belg. Ph.] of alcohol, 25 of dilute alcohol [Sp. Ph.]). Several of the o_lder pharmacopoeias order a similar tincture. [B, 95, 119 (a, 38).] Tinctura moschi set here a. Fr., etherole de muse. A solution of 1 part of musk in 4 or 8 of ether, decanted at the end of two days. [B. 119 (a, 38).] Tinctura moschi artiflcialis. A solution of artificial musk in eight times as much alcohol. [B, 119 (o, 38).] Tinctura moschi vinos a. A solution of 1 part of musk in 6 of sherry, strained after 24 hours. [B, 119 (a, 38).] [s. 33]