The nutmeg tree is a native of the East and West Indies. Tlie alcoholic tincture is prepared from the powdered dried root. Introduced by Helbig. For history and list of provers and reports, covering a period of more than eight centuries, see Hering's Monograph. Clinical, Authorities. — Affection of mind, Lorbacher, Analyt. Therap., vol. 1, p. 241 ; Horn. CI., vol. 4, p. 13 ; Mental disorder, Sircar, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 32; Sensation of looseness in brain, etc., Drumm, Horn. CI., vol. 4, p. 32 ; Headache, Mont- gomery, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 33 ; Affection of head, Hahnemann, Hom. CI., vol. 4^ p. 14 ; Convulsive motions of head, Molin, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 15; Episcleritis, Mc- Guire, Norton's Oph. Therap., p. 131 ; Affection of eyes, Berridge, Organon, vol. 1, p. 110; Toothache, Hirsch, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 207; Toothache and affection, of stomach, Kallenbach, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 35 ; Gastralgia, Eummel, Kiick. KL Erf., vol. 1, p. 642 ; Dyspepsia, Lippe, Hah. Mo., vol. 3, p. 531 ; Affection of liver, Bowie, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1885, p. 184; Nervous irritation of digestive canal^ Hahnemann, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 15; Irritation of intestinal canal, Hahnemann, AnaL Therap., vol.1, p. 109; Colic, Hannes, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 106, p. 67 ; Thompkins, Hom. Phys., vol. 8, p. 356; Pelvic congestion, Morgan, Hom. Cl.^ vol. 4, p. 36 ; Worm troubles, Hannes, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 106, p. 67 ; Renal colic,. Haubold, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 217 ; Suppressed menses, Lippe, Hah. Mo., voL 3, p. 531; Houghton, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 36; Lorbacher, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 157 ; Menostasia, Gross, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 237 ; Disorders of 'pregnancy, Lindsay, Organon, vol. 1, p. 471; Morgan, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 78; Abortion, lAMenihal, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 95 ; Undeveloped speech, Minton, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 107; Cough, Malcom, Times Eetros., 1876, p. 83; Affection of chest, Hannes, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 106, p. 67 ; Sciatica, Curtis, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 74; Hysteria (3 cases), Molin, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 287; Hysteria with strangury, Williamson, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1873; Droivsiness, Farrington, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 91 ; Attacks of somnolency, Lorbacher, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 34; Intermittent fever, Griggs, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 236; Custis, T. A. J. H., 1880, p. 229; Typhoid fever, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 281 ; Cough, etc., during scarlet fever, Hannes, Allg, Hom. Ztg., vol. 106, p. 66; Hemorrhage during typhoid, Preston, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 318 ; Rheumatism, Lippe, Hah. Mo., vol. 3, p. 531. ^ Mind. 1 1 Stupor and insensibility; unconquerable sleep. I Unconsciousness: after mental excitement; especially just before menses; thoughts vanish with fainting; seemingly to her of a half hour's duration, but really only momentary. I I Vanishing of thoughts while talking, reading or writing. VOL. VIII.— 6, NUX MOSOHATA. 82 ■ Gradual vanishing of thoughts while reading, ends in falling asleep. 1 1 Weakness or loss of memory. ■ Never accomplishes what he undertakes, but remains standing in one place, absent-minded ; appears quite changed to his companions. ■ Listless and indifferent; would go out in the night and not return till searched out and brought back ; he was disjDOsed to talk, to laugh and sing songs. ^Mental disorders, ■ Awakening as from complete absence of mind, does not know where he is nor what to answer. ■ Difficult comprehension. ■ Sluggish flow of ideas. ■ Gives answers which have not the least reference to ques- tions put to him. ■ Great incoherency on attempting to express her ideas. ■ ■Uses wrong words, during headache. ■ While writing he omitted letters, wrote in different alpha- bets against his will, and changed from one subject to another. ■ ■Surroundings seemed changed; fanciful, dreamy im- ages ; does not recognize the known street. ■ Clair voyancy. I I The outer world had no existence for her ; automatically she attended to her household duties, and on awaking from this condition she had not the slightest recollection of what she had done ; if forcibly aroused she fell into violent convulsions ; if unmolested she would usually, after finishing her work, go to bed and fall into a quiet sleep, from which she awoke after forty-eight hours, in- vigorated and unconscious of what had happened. ■ Short time seems very long to her. ■ Delirium, violent vertigo, strange gestures, loud, im- proper talk, sleeplessness. ■ Senselessness, intoxicated condition, with absence of mind. ■ Delirium tremens, slowness of senses, imaginary fancies; awakens and knows not where he is; laughter with stupid expression. ■ ■Inclination to laugh at everything, more in open air. I I Imbecility. ■ Fitful mood, changing from deepest sorrow to most frol- icsome behavior ; now grave, now gay. ■ Fickle; irresolute and wavering in his undertakings. Aware of danger, but no apprehension. ■ Had no power to resist being led anywhere, in evening. lAs if drunk and sleepy; drunken feeling in head; drunken appearance. 83 NUX MOSCHATA. lAfter overtaxed mental powers: gastric complaints; nerv- ous irritation of intestinal canal ; hysteria. I The least exertion or mental excitement brought on somnolency. iFright: causing trembling of heart, fear and sadness. ^ Sensorium. iDulness of head, especially of forehead. iMuddledness and vanishing of thoughts; when rousing himself forcibly, he has to collect his thoughts. I Seemed intoxicated the whole day. I Vertigo: as if drunk, staggering; with headache and nausea; with lightness and emptiness of head; reeling when walking in open air; swimming in head; weak, limbs numb, feels as if floating in air. I Giddy, with pressing heaviness, most in forehead. I I Apoplexy; nervous affections of brain. ^ Inner HeacL l Forehead: dull; feels as large again, as if pushed out; pressing heaviness; expansion; beating; heat. I I Pain especially in temples; on shaking head, wabbling as if brain struck against sides of head; temples sensi- tive to touch, his head felt hot. I In temples: aching; tearing. ■ Headache after breakfast, with sleepiness; region of temples very sensitive to pressure; wliole brain feels loose; > from heat; < from damp cold, loud talking unawares; drowsiness, with bewildered sensation from waking up. I Boring and heat over and in 1. eye; heat on top of head and pain in occiput; pressure on head > pain; tongue coated yellow. I Heat and pressure on top of head; pain over r. eye, with sleepiness. I iSensation as if all vessels were pulsating, particularly on head, a throbbing pressing pain confined to small^ spots, principally to 1. supraorbital ridge. I Very violent, constricting, burning, stinging pains over r. eye, with redness of face, compression of lips and jaws ; when attacks are most violent, unconsciousness, with immobility of 1. leg ; face swelled ; speecKlost, also consciousness ; continuall}^ moving his hand to painful place ; head convulsively drawn from one side to the other, distorts his face. 1 I Pain, driving asunder, pressing and stinging in occiput; < by stepping from room into open air, still more in morning and mostly on stooping; > from sitting and walking; with it a tardy stool, disturbed sleep with many dreams; sore spots remaining where eruption was. ^Sequel to varicella. NUX MOSCHATA. 84 1 1 Severe tearing in occiput, towards nape of neck. I Painless throbbing in head ; slie is afraid to go to sleep. ■ Pulsation of arteries and daily headache. I Head felt full and expanded, but without pain. . I Pressure from within out ; as if head would burst. I I Soreness in head ; throbbing; stinging; expansion. I Congestive headache, during catamenia. ■ Headache from inward heat, with burning. ■ Sensation of looseness of brain when moving head or walking, > during cold weather and when sitting still ; < during hot weather; dryness of eyes so great that she could not shut them, with greenish-blue rings around them ; menstruation irregular, one time too early and copious, the next too late and scanty ; hands and feet icy cold constantly ; tongue coated yellowish and dotted with red pimples; dryness in throat; alter-, nately hard and soft stools. ■ Headache: with drowsiness ; from overtaxing mind; after breakfast; from disordered stomach; from eating a little too much ; with nausea and vomiting ; from drinking wine; of drunkards; before menses; from riding in a carriage ; from water (and washing), or after getting wet in cold weather ; from change in weather ; after suppressed eruptions; drawing from place to place ; going from 1. to r. ; pain appears to be congest- ive; soreness; pressure; sensation as if head would burst ; .seat of pain is not deep in brain, but immediately under cranial bones ; > when at rest, < from motion, stooping and shaking head ; feels her memory growing weaker. ■ Apoplexy; softening or paralysis of brain. * Outer Head. Sensitiveness of head as from soreness, espe- cially sensitive to slightest touch, in a draft of air (wind), > < in cold and from lying down ; > from hard pressure and from external heat. ^Nervous headache. ■ Moves head convulsively from side to side, distorts his face during attack of headache. ■ Convulsive motion of head from before backward, in such a-manner that talking and swallowing are almost im- possible ; severe tearing pains in occiput towards nape of neck ; face puffed and feet oedematous. ■ Head seemed bulky and rolled around almost uncontrol- lably, being obliged to bring to its support one or both hands while sitting at a table. " ■ ■ Could not bear to have her head raised from pillow, on account of deathly sickness produced thereby. ■ Complaints aggravated by shaking head. ■ Temples sensitive to touch and from lying on them ; < in wet, cold weather ; > from warmth. 85 NUX MOSCHATA. I Head drops forward while sittiDg. ■ Worse from shaking head. ^ Sight and Eyes. > Worse from light, from exerting vision ; > in dark. lObjects: look larger; too close together; very distant; oblique ; vanish ; red ; seem to float before vision. I Motes before ej^es. ■ Momentary blindness; grasps head, it feels so strangely. I Pupils dilated and immovable or contracted, with sensa- tion of fulness in eyes. ■ Staring. 1 I On being aroused she looked up, with eyes blinking as if bewildered. ^During pregnancy. I I Sensation as though she had been crying; in evening. ■ Sensation of fulness in eyes, with contracted pupils. ■ ■ Dryness of eyes ; too dry to close lids. ■ Lids heavy, stiff; feels sick, faint. ■Tension around eyes and in lids. ■ Drooping eyelids. ■ Pterygium over cornea. ■ Episcleritis, involving both eyes; nodule over each ex- ternal rectus, very large and painful. ■ Blue rings around eyes. ^ Hearing and Ears. ■Oversensitiveness of hearing. ■ Buzzing or ringing in ears ; as if stopped up. ■ Tearing or stitches in ears; stitches in 1. ear, < mov- ing jaw. I 1 Pain in eustachian tube as from a foreign body ; before wind and rain. '^ Smell and Nose. ■Oversensitiveness of smell ; loss of smell. ■ Sneezing; nose dry, stopped up, must breathe with mouth open. ■ Catarrh, < in cold, damp weather. ■ Nosebleed, blood usually dark, black. ^ Upper Face. • Foolish, childish, stupid, sleepy, debauched expression. I I Agonized expression when recovering from a fainting fit. ■ Looks thin ; suffering expression ; blue around eyes ; deathly pale, < in damp air. ■ Eyes dull, heavy looking; distressed look. ■ Face: pale; hot; puffed; spotted; freckled. ■ Burning, constricting, stinging over r. eye; face red, swollen ; lips and jaw compressed ; speech difficult. Sensation of swelling of 1. cheek, with pricking as from electric sparks. ^ Lower Face. ■Compression of jaws. I I Cannot close jaws ; as if paralyzed. ■ Lips: swollen and sticking together ; burning. NUX MOSCHATA. 86 I I Drawing mouth awry ; creeping. I I Pustules with broad red borders on chin. ^° Teeth and Gums, i Severe throbbing pain in hollow mo- lar -tooth, next to last, in upper jaw, pain extends to neighboring teeth and ear ; aphthae on soft palate ; < from cold, > from w^armth. ^Toothache. I Pain in front teeth during pregnancy; stinging, tearing; < during cold, damp weather, from washing; from touch or sucking teeth ; > from warmth. I I Nightly tearing in teeth; she cannot close jaws; they are as if paralyzed. iPainfulness of teeth while eating. ■ Toothache and pain in nape of neck, from damp, cold night air; it presses as if teeth were held in a grip. I Teeth seem to be loose. I Gums bleed ; scurvy. *^ Taste and Tongue. No taste; victuals taste like sawdust. In morning taste on tongue, as after having been tips}^ I Taste: earthy; foul; chalky; bitter; slimy; sour; as after salted food. iSpeech rather diflBcult; could not articulate distinctly ; tongue rolled in mouth like one intoxicated ; tongue felt numb. llTongue: paralyzed; child, though old enough, cannot talk, as if it were difficult to move tongue; dry, feels as if gone to sleep or leather-covered ; dry at night or on aw-aking ; coated white or yellowish, dotted with red papillae; at night, dry, as if it would fall into powder; sticks to roof of mouth ; great complaint of its dryness, in reality not very dry. ^^ Inner Mouth, l Mouth and tongue pasty and dry. llMouth so dry that tongue sticks to roof, yet no thirst; in evening. llGreatly troubled with dryness in mouth and throat while sleeping, always awakes with a very dry tongue, but without thirst. ■ Great dryness in mouth and throat, with violent thirst. ■ Saliva lessened ; feels like cotton in the mouth. ■ Saliva running together; waterbrash before menses. ■ Bad smell from mouth ; tongue wdiite. ■ Aphthae of children. ■ Dryness of lips, palate and velum palati. ^^ Throat. ■Difficult swallowing, from paralysis of muscles of deglutition. ■ Dryness in throat posteriorly; it feels stiffened ; no thirst. ■ Scratching down throat: when swallowing; causes