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insomuch that for delicate children who are wasted in flesh, 
and require a multum in parvo of fatty and nitrogenous food, 
in a compact, but light form which is fairly easy of digestion, 
the Pdté de foi gras on bread is an admirable recipe. The 
English Truffle is white, and best used in salads. A taste for 
Truffles has to be acquired ; then with those persons who gain 
it this taste becomes a passion, and they get to regard the tuber 
as a superlative morsel. Yet irreverent novices make light of 
the dish, and compare cooked Truffles to turnips flavoured with 
tar. (See also respecting Truffles, pp. 346, 347.) 
MUSTARD. (See HERBs.) 
A Mustarp poultice made with the farina of black Mustard 
seed, and water, (with, or without some wheaten flour added) 
into a paste, constitutes one of the most effectual external 
stimulating applications we can employ. It quickly induces 
a sharp burning sensation on the skin of the part, with redness, 
(which would presently go on to destructive inflammation of the 
cutaneous surface, implicating the true skin below more deeply 
than does the old-fashioned blister of Spanish fly) ; so that the 
sinapism, or Mustard poultice, has superseded the blister, 
because acting more promptly, and more energetically for the 
speedy relief of internal congestions. A poultice made entirely 
of Mustard-seed should not be kept applied longer than ten 
minutes at a time. The volatile oil of this Mustard-seed, when 
mixed with spirit of wine (twenty-four drops of the oil to each 
fluid ounce of spirit) makes a capital liniment for external use 
against the painful stiffness of chronic rheumatism, or for 
determining blood derivatively to the surface from deeper 
congested, or aching parts. Against a headache for which 
prompt relief must be had, if a whole tin of Colman’s Mustard 
is put into a large, hot bath, and the sufferer remains in the 
bath for ten or fifteen minutes, and lies down in the room for 
half an hour afterwards, the brain will then be far clearer for 
a while than even in ordinary health. 
MUTTON (See Mears.) 
NUTS. 
Tue Hazel Nut is wild, and the Filbert is got from the same tree 
when cultivated. Formerly the Hazel was a very abundant, 
