Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1893 — Nutmeg as a Poison. [ARTICLE]

Nutmeg as a Poison.

It now appears that among the things which must be put out of reach of youthful hands, along with laudanum bottles and ammonia, is the simple nutmeg. A little boy of eight ate two the other day and died. Since that time the fact that nutmeg is a deadly poison has been widely aired. Most condiments are when taken in any quantity and alone, but the rest have such a disagrceablo taste that no one is likely to consume a great deal of them. Nutmeg, however, tan be consumed in sufficient quantities to cause death without warning the consumer of its bad effects by its disagreeable taste.—[New York World.