Miv De La Marck inform 



Myi 



•a; 



both 



fl 



? 



ved fev 



and fruit, from 



lile of F 



O 



Nutmeg-tree, which was introduced by Monf. Po 



y large, and continually producing flowers and fruit/ ^ I 

 nches, v/hich were fent from Monf. Cere, Dheanr\f i 



wh 



^w 



/ 



ere a 



TLOVf 



o 



den in that ifland, Monf De La Marck h 



} 



om the: 



le King 



and iigure this and other fpecies of the Myrift 

 and the annexed plate will fliew, that we hav^ 



s Dcen enabled to deici 



The fe 





or kernel 



c 



fiave b 



5 



N 



P 



r* 



t^ 





d by h 



y 



s 



abours 



^ 



b-^) 



are well k 



e 



g uled both for culinary and medical purpofe 



as 



they 



D 



tilled with water, they yield a large quantity of elTential oil, refemblin^ 

 in flavour the fpice itfelf : after the diftillntinn on ;.^f.^AA r^u.^- ,.„ 



th 



fpice itfel 



f 



aft 



the dillill 



found fwimming on the water; the decod 



an infipid febac 



pifl 



d 



Nutmegs by inful 

 hence the fp 



ad of an undious, very lightly bitterilh tafte, and with 

 aftringency. Redified fpirit extrads the whole virtue of 



deg 



d elevates very little of 

 ad pofl^eflTes the flavour 



m 



(*■ 



01 



dift 



: fpi 



Nutmeg 



when heated^ yield to the prefs a confiderable quantity 



of limpid yellow oil, which on 



g concretes mto a feb 



to 



nfiftence. In the ih ops we meet with three forts of undious fub 

 flances, called Oil of Mace, though really exprefl^ed from the Nutme 

 The bed is brought from the Eaft Indies in fl:one jars j this is of 

 thick confiftence, of the colour of mace, and has an agreeable fragrant 

 fmell : the fecond fort, which is paler coloured, and much inferior In 

 quality, comes from Holland in folid mafl^es, generally flat, and of 



gure ; the third, which is the worft of all, and ufually 



U 



fi 



called Common Oil of Mace, Is an artificial compofition of fevuni 



palm 



'V 



3 



d the like, flavoured wuth a little genuine oil of Nutmeg 



g 



The medicinal qualities of Nutmeg are fuppofed to be 



a 



anodyne, flomachic 

 mentioned effed 



d 



it h 



teries. 



T 



many peopl 



refl:ringent. 

 been much 

 the 



h 



tic,, 



and with a view to the lafl: 

 fed in 



in diarrhoeaSj and' dyfen- 



Lvour of Nutmeg Is very 



iliould be cautioned not to ufe it in large 



aromatic fl 



, v 



agreeable ; they, however, 



quantities, as it is apt to affed the head, and even to manifefl: aa 



' Z. c. s E.d>..New Dijpenf, hy Dr. Duncan.. ^, 238,. ^*Bcrgius, M. M. />. 884.. 



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