2io A Treatise on 
it by the Means of Diftillation •, for the Nuts 
bruifed and macerated in a large Proportion of 
Water, yield about an Ounce of thinner Oil for 
every Pound of Nutmeg •, and when the Diftilla- 
tion is ended a thick Oil fwims upon the Water, 
which is like Suet, and almoft void of aromatick 
Virtue. From three Ounces and two Drachms 
of Nutmeg, by Expreftion, are obtained fixteen 
Ounces of Oil of the Confiftence of Suet, with 
the Smell and Tafte of Nutmeg. 
In Mace, the Oil is thinner and more copious ; 
whereof the firft Portion coming over in Diftil- 
lation, is pellucid like Water, and of an excel- 
lent Smell and Tafte •, the fecond has a Caft of 
yellow, and the third, if the Fire be lirong, is 
reddifh. 
The whole is fo fubtile and volatile, that a 
great Part of it is loft, unlefs the Bottles in which 
it is put be well ftopt. An Oil is likewife drawn 
from Mace by Expreftion, which is thinner than 
the expreftfed Oil of Nutmeg, being nearly of the 
Confiftence of Lard. 
Nutmeg is ufeful not only for feafoning Food, 
but alfo in Phyfick. It is ftomachick, helps Con- 
codion, relieves Vomiting, fortifies the Bowels, 
difcuffes Wind, appeafes colick Pains, ftops Loof- 
neflfes, increafes the Motion of the Blood, refills 
Poifon, and is of great Service in Catarrhs, and 
cold Affedions of the Nerves. Elmuller recom- 
mends it againft a Pally of the Parts which are 
fubfervient to Deglutition to be chewed in the 
Mouth, and fwaliowed gradually. It likewife in- 
duces Sleep, and on this Account an immoderate 
Ufe of it ought to be avoided ; for Bontms , in 
his Notes upon Garcias , tells us of feveral Perfons 
who by ufing it too freely have lain one or two 
Days without either Speech or Motion, much in 
