Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — The Nutmeg Poison. [ARTICLE]

The Nutmeg Poison.

Cases aro not Infrequently reported In which children and sometimes grown persons at e poisoned by tho freo uso of nutmegs, it not being generally known that this article of conimou household use is really a deadly poison, This is true, in fact, of most common condiments: but when misused these articles, such as pepper, capsicum, ebe.t are no obnoxious to the taste, excepting when taken in very minuto quantities, that tho consumer is warned in a very positive manner before he has had an opportunity to do. himself serious injury. This is not tho case, however, with the nutmog. This nut, which contains a poisonous principle of a very deadly character, may be consumed without inconvenience in quantities sufficient to produce fatal con-o-quences, and it is surprising not that death occasionally occurs from its use, but that deaths are not more frequent. A fatal case has been recently reported in which a boy of 8 years fell into a oomatoso condition after eating two nutmegs and died within twelve hours.