The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-09-13
From the New York Express, October 26,
Medical Liquors.

In common, I presume, with many oth.rs of the
profession, received spne few months since circu
lar addressed 40 Physicians throughout the United
States" 10y Mr. Ud0lh Wolfe, the importer Of Bea-
vcr street inviting medical and chemical examiua
ton of new article of Holland Gin, manufactured
by hinself at Schiedain, in Holland, by peculiar
process, and put up for medical use under the
what Dutch title of "Schiedum Aromatic Schnapps."
The circular claims for this article M eminently su
perlOr degree Of purity aroma, flavor and medicinal
efficacy and Offers, moreover gratuitous supply OF
it to any physician who may feel disposed to test these
claims N u scientific and professional manner
Being familiar with three facts relation to the
use of Holland Gin medicine namely frat that
when pure, it absolutely invaluable and not to be
exchanged for ANY other remedy known to the pro-
fession, III many complaints both acute and chronic
secondly, that amid the multitude Of ill-madc adul
teracd liquors with which this country abounds, q
pure Holland Gin is scarcely to be obtained at any
price and thirdly, that the radical impurities OF any
inferior OF spurious Gin consist first OF the hydra ed
oxide of Amy, poisonous Vi or more commonly
known as Potato Spirit Fousel Oil, or Amlc Alcohol;
and secondly of the heavier of the two essential oils
Of Juniper, instead Of the lighcr-wlch impurities
usually result from the merccnary system of ar en-
cessive ditillatnn of the materials cmpoycd-l re-
solved 10 accept of Mr. Udopho Wolfes challenge,
and put his " Schietam Aromatic Schnapps to the
test OF rigid analysis. And was induced to do this
Notwithstanding the proprictors long Standing and
Tepltu iS ail
of Gin above that Of every other sprtuos liquor employ
cd III medical practice is Of The most vital consequence to
the community, a-mlch rs it is subject 10 two distinct
causes I" pcrnIconS mpnry. nnmely the inferior oil OF
lunrr. Us well as the FuuSe ni; found moreover the
= Aromatic SchnaplS strong rrromnrnded, b. pEys
elan and wrler of no less influence than d. NJ Reese OF
eNcr York Medical Gazette and bv many OF the most
eminent members of the profession. who had no reason
Ia suppose Ind obtained any other than empirical evidence
OF rs pharm crulical purity and value. therefore re-
solved TO inform medical least for the sake of the
public nj large. of the rcsIi Of invesigatlun whcll
er they proved favorable otherwise t" the character O
tharlics and Ia the interest oi the proprietor
Those results DIlnws Searching first for the oil
Of juniper by Gis:illunn, obtained an oil, from two
quarts Of the linl whonr Specific gravity was oS34 and
whose boiling pnGi 3l3 degrees did successive
rehabilitation YIELD oil Of greater gravity or OF my
hihcr kind whatever. The quantity Of common
Holan Gin. called. yielded an eNccssi,e amount ny
re.distiIlaon of oil weighing 0.Sf with the boiling point
AZ degrees the lighter oil having previously passed over
This conclusive The super ority 81 nir oite
flavor and dureiic and o,"r medicinal properties OF
avcry kind of Gin essentially depend
Az ~ the Folsel OIL with which all inferior Spll'nohs
liquors less imprcgnhicd ana wn'ch renuers
them poisonous in the exact ratio IN Whlrh me! are I'M
bibcd-which causes such liquors :" in"Nrc when ott
do e. and creates that m0r'r ll>itilDc nppte lo
pnue INDULGENCE with all its dcporabe consequences,
of which the friends of temperance anu rhIlathrnpv 80
Justly conpair instead of that salicy and aslidousness
Of taste for which the drinkers Of pure liquors dis
tnrusbrd-uC this f'iid arr astlmaIcal Fuusel oil,
found no trace in Mr.. Wolle'S mcdirinn Gin although
rrnra rv tested various quantities Of it with the chloride
of cnrum By the usual process which readily detects
and nlains ii IN the ordinary srirtuo,s liquors.
Accordingly, feel bound tosay tml regard this Gin