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Nutmeg
Contents
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
All page numbers are recorded as (PDF #/SOURCE #)
Remedies Containing or to be used with Nutmeg
- Acid, Citric (22/1): spirit of nutmeg is in the “Saline Mixture” to treat inflamed and sore throats
- Alum, Common (36/15): powdered nutmeg is included in “Alum Pills, For Spitting Blood”
- Ammonia, Sesquicarbonate (37/16): spirit of nutmeg included in “Diaphoretic Draught”
- Bark, Canella (49/28): nutmeg used in the making of usquebaugh (whisky), most likely included for flavour
- Quinine, Sulphate of (144/123): spirit of nutmeg is included in a formula ordered by Dr. Copland, used in the treating of dyspepsia when accompanied with hepatic derangement.
Diseases Treated with Nutmeg
General Diseases
- Flatulence (254/233): nutmeg can be eaten along with other spicy fruit and carminatives
Infantile Diseases
- Hooping or Chincough (295/274): for young children (2-3 years old) the hands, soles of the feet, spine, and pit of the stomach can be rubbed with oil of nutmeg, or other stimulating liniments.
Prescriptions Containing Nutmeg
Antacids
- Aromatic Chalk Mixture (330/309): spirit of nutmeg
Aperients and Cathartics
- Aperient Mixture (Another) (332/311): spirit of nutmeg
Salines
- Refrigerant Draught (354/333): spirit of nutmeg
Cookery for the Sick that includes Nutmeg
- Panada, made in Five Minutes (357/336): a scrap of nutmeg is boiled in white wine, sugar, lemon-peel, and bread crumbs.
- Chicken Panada (358/337): nutmeg is grated into the pounded white meat along with lemon-peel.
- Caudle (360/339): nutmeg is added to a fine smooth gruel, that also contains sugar, wine, and lemon-peel
- Caudle (Another) (360/339): nutmeg is added to the gruel that has had an egg yolk beaten into it, along with sugar, wine, and water. “It is very agreeable and nourishing”
- To Mull Wine (361/340): nutmeg and sugar are added to the wine and boiled
- To Mull Wine (Antoher) (361/340): grated nutmeg and a piece of cinnamon are boiled in wine
- Ground Rice Milk (363/342): nutmeg is boiled in milk that contains ground rice, cinnamon, and lemon-peel
- A Draught for Cough and Debility (365/344): Nutmeg is scraped into a mixture containg egg, milk, capillaire or vinegar, and rose water
- Egg Wine (367/346): nutmeg, sugar, water, and white wine are boiled together, and then slowly added to a beaten egg, returning the mixture to the saucepan and heating.