The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-09-06
From the New York Express, October 90, 1852.
7laaiG&l Liquors.

; In common, presume, with many oth~rs Of the
profession, received some few months since, clrcu
lar llrcsscl 70 physicians throughout the United
States" by Mr.. Udolhu Wolfe, the importer of Bea.
Yer street, inviting medical and chemical examina
ton of new article OF Holland Gin, manufactured
bv himself ut Scrirai i'll Holland, by peculiar
process and put up for medical use under the
what Dutch lille of 'Schicdam Aromatic Schnnpps."
The eli cular claims for thi, article an cminently su
pcrior degree OF purity aroma, flavor, and medicinal
efficacy and offers moreover "ratuitous supply oi
it to any physician who may feel disposed to test these
claim, in Il scientific anl professional mannr.
Being familiar with thee facts il relation to the
of Holland Gin, medicine, namely: hrst that
! when pure, it absolutely invaluable and not I" be
exchanged :ur a"Y other remedy known TO the pro-
icssiun, in many complaints both acute and chronic
secondly that amid the multitude of illmade or adul-
| terutrd liquors with which this country abounds Il
| pure Holland Gin is scarcely tn he obtained ut any
price and thirdly, that tie radical impurities OF any
inferior OF spurious Gin consist, first of the hydra ed
oxide of ANVIL poisonous oil, or more commonly
known rs Potato Spirit Fou<cl OIL or Amie Alcohol;
and secondly OF the heavier Of the two essential oils
of juniper instead Of the ehter-which impurities
usually result from the mcrccnary system OF an en-
ccSSivc ,li>taiun of the materials cmpioyed-l re-
solved to accept Of Mr.. CdOllho Woiies challenge,
and put his "Schic,lam Aromatic s'chnapps' 10 Il Z
test OF rigid analysis. And induced to do this
RENTED responsibility as iiarurrrJ bcrarc the ru ty
Of Gin above thai u every other siriinolS iiior cmp y
Ell in .C practice. il Of the most vital consequence
the c,n!n.mi,v irlsmurh rs II is subject 10 two dstn
clScS of pcrnciuGS nEurity namely The inferior oil oi
Julisr well tn FoI>cl nil found moreover. the
Aromatic Schnap;s strongly recommended b. pEysi-
rian and writer Of less influence than d. VI. Reese. Of
Tie Ncv York Medical Gazette. and hy many Of the most
eminent members Of the prGfSsOl who had no reason
To supp hid uhia" any ucr than rmiHFrcn evidence
of ii> plarnr CcIiCa purity and value therefore re-
solved inform mrical nj least for tie sake OF the
public large of The results Of my investigation: We;h-
or they proved tv"Ihc otherwise u the character OF
tharclr and To the inter, 81 of the proprietor
These results follows: Searching first fr The oil
of juniper by hi>l!aiion. ! obtained an oil from two
quarts of The liquid whnnr specific gravity OS:2 nnd
whose hpng point 33 degrees. n"f did successive
rehabilitation Well an oil ri greater gravity. ar o any
uhrr kn'l whlirvrr The same quantity oi common
Holland Gin. called yirlch an excessive amount. by
rc.dsalion of oil weighing O.SIl with the boiling pnin
~ de c The lighter oil having previously passed over
This conclusive the super ury Jt Mr. W O;ic 6
Gin in relation the oil of Juniper. upon Which the
ml flavor. and diurctc and Other medicinal properties Of
Svrry kind "f Gin essentially depend.
As 10 the FoIscl oil, with which all inrrinr spTuous
lignrS css inprcgGacd. and which rcnders
them poisonous in tie exact ratio in which they ARE I'M
bhrd-whrh causes such liquors to ninSIra'c when 9th
do and creates that mnrhl. in>aiabe appetite for
nnilic Indulgence. with al lis !.p"rahIr Consequences
nf which the friends o! temperance and philanthropy ~
Justly cumnan instead of that safety and lasllousncs
f taste for which the drinkers ~! pure liquors dis.
tinuui> hcd-uf this itl. arrli asaiica FUuscl OIL
found no trace in lr. Wnc's medicinal Gin. aTrhnu.
repeatedly tested various quantities Of it with the ch"rI
of calcium by the usual process. which readily detect
AMI obtains il III the ordinary sriri,nuus liquors.
Accordingly. feel bound tosay thatI regard this Gin