Nutmeg

Imported 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

Description

Nutmeg

A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865

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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.