Powder of nutmeg

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Historical use wording: an epilepsy

Source: The medical directory : or, family physician ... Which contains an appendix and dispensatory . by Bullman, E; University of Glasgow. Library (1810), narrative-offset-387760.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• nutmeg: powder of rhubarb, one dram and a half: of aromatic confection, one dram : simple mint water distilled, four ounces : common w ater, two ounces : mix and take two or three table spoonfuls every four hours : or take three or four imperial pills every second or third day, which, with electricity repeated a few times, vi ill often cure an epilepsy

Method as extracted

1. Grind according to the source passage: Vitus Dance. each dose : or take conserve of rosemary flowers, an ounce : male peony roots powdered, half an ounce : native cinnabar, half an ounce : candied nutmeg, two drams : or powder of nutmeg : mix into an electuary with sirup of peony or orange peel : take the size of a nutmeg every six hours, and wash down with motherwort or pennyroyal tea: or take these pills, take native cinnabar prepared, two drams : powder of castor and salt of amber, of each half a dram : of musk powdered, forty grains : of balsam of Peru, one dram : mix into a mass for pills, form into forty pills with muci- lage of gum arabic or common sirup, take two or three every six hours. If the patient is costive, take this mixture, take powder of rhubarb, one dram and a half: of aromatic confection, one dram : simple mint water distilled, four ounces : common w ater, two ounces : mix and take two or three table spoonfuls every four hours : or take three or four imperial pills every second or third day, which, with electricity repeated a few times, vi ill often cure an epilepsy.

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