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  • Myristicae / SOLD

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    Myristicae - Inventory Number:  MED 259 / SOLD

    Large Civil War Medicine Bottle with Original Contents

    Essential oils of Myristicae have antifungal action and antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans. The dark-red resin of the tree bark in some genera, such as Virola, contains several hallucinogenic alkaloids. Myristicin poisoning can induce convulsions, palpitations, nausea, eventual dehydration, and generalized body pain. It is also reputed to be a strong deliriant, and some fatal myristicin poisonings in humans have occurred.

     

    Inventory Number:  MED 259 /SOLD