Muskrat (odorous substance)
Bisam (lat. Bisamum, from Hebrew bōśæm, bæśæm ) is the name for a very intense odor ; It is also another name for musk , a fragrance produced by the Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) .
As a medicine, muskrat was already in use in ancient China and by the Byzantines and Arabs since the early Middle Ages.
Schedel's lexicon of goods from 1814 describes musk or musk as "a blackish-gray, brownish material, similar to clotted blood, with a sharp, bitter taste." It goes on to say: "The Tibetan musk has a much stronger smell than the Siberian. - Musk comes to us commercially from China, Persia and East India, especially from Calcuta via England and Holland. "
In Marianne Strüf's 1838 cookbook, muskrat was added as a spice when making muskaziny (Viennese confectionery).
The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) , originally native to North America, owes its name to a secretion that is strongly smelling of musk and secreted by the males' sex appendage glands. The abbreviation muskrat is used for these animals, in skinning the fur of the animals is also called muskrat . Is also named after the muskrat the pomander , a fragrance vessel as in past centuries perfume replacement was used.
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- ↑ Ruth Spranger: On the use of musk (musk) and its substitutes in medieval medicine, in particular in the 'Breslau Pharmacopoeia'. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 17, 1998, pp. 181-186, here: p. 182.
- ↑ Johann Christian Schedel's new and complete lexicon of goods or a clear description of all raw a. Processed products, artifacts and merchandise, Verlag Carl Ludwig Brede, Offenbach am Main 1814.
- ^ Marianne Strüfs: Cookbook, Balz'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1838, 2nd edition 1841.