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Nutmeg

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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.

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.

Antacids

Aperients and Cathartics

Salines

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.

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 * 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.
+|comes from=India Singapore and Ceylon, East Indies and China, Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, Mauritius, China, Holland, France, Sumatra Java and other Islands in the Indian Sea, British North America, British West Indies, United States of America, Germany, Holland, British Settlements in Australia, Columbia, Bombay and Scinde,
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