Oil of nutmeg, 2 fluidrachms.

Nutmegs freshly powdered, 2 ounces.

Alcohol, a sufficient quantity.

Rub the oil with the powdered nutmeg and pack the mixture in a percolator prepared for percolation. Cover with alcohol (using about twenty fluidounces), and when the percolate appears close the exit of the percolator and macerate for a period of twenty-four hours. Then percolate slowly until one pint of percolate is obtained. The strength may be increased or diminished to suit the taste of the operator, the quality desired governing in this direction.