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CHEMICAL TESTIMONY


! ID. JOSH LUIS CiSAsECA. Corresponding Mem
/ Der Of the Royal Academic of Madeirn and Mum
Zen aGrajuate in -ciences Of the Faculty Of Paris
formerly Professor Of Chemistry as applied to the
Arts, Of the Royal Conservative of Madrid and a
| Physlc and Chemistry, As applied to the Industry
ana gricuiure Of the country, in the Royal Uni
ver>ity Of this Island at pr sent II Ms Director
OF the Institute Of Chemical luvesti CATION, &c. Sc.
Do hereby certify that at the request Of the
| house Of Gottg & Will, of this place, have made
an analitical examination Of U. Wolfe's Aromatic
schedam Schnapps, with the object of ascertaining
If 1t contained any substance noxious to health
and to inform them to its true composition anu
relative quality with the other gins that offered
in the market, and the results of my observations
and experiments are as follows -
Udolpho Wolfe's aromatic Schiedam schnapps is
spirituous liquid, Of very agreeable aromatic
odor, completely transparent rl alrnost colorIesz,
having only very slight tint Of yellowish gray;
its flavor is strong and very agreeable to the palate
1t marks 20 degrees in Carriers alcohol weigher
or 50 degrees hundredths in Gay Lussacs aIco-
hometre BY the distillation in a balaum maria
with an apparatus consisting of class retort anda
recipient surrounded with ice, have collected in
this recipient an alcoholic liquid with a very
agreeable aroma completely colorless and transpar-
ent, which marked 30 degrees in Carriers alcoholic
weisher, or 10 degrees hundredth on Gay Luss
ac'- aIcometre and which represented as a whole
per cent Of aromatic Schedam schnapp> sub
jeot to di-tilation in the retort. This liquid did
not soil the transparency Of the distilled water il
mixing It with the same, and its agreeable aroma
is doubtless due to very trihing amount of an e.
sential ii inseparable frem alcohol.
From the remainder of the distilation which
was LETT in the retort, I have obtained, through
evaporation in a vapor bath, a substance of a
yellowish brown color, clear, and having bitter
taste which is not disagreeable, and which after
wards becomes aromatic and leaves the mouth per-
furn.d '-isL shae fragrance peculiar to the vanilla
am inclined to believe that to this bitter and a.
romatic extractive substance soluble in water and
alcohol, the medicinal properties which attri
huted 20 this gin are due. have not found in
Udolpho Wolfe's aromatic Schiedam schnapps any
mineral organic substance other han the extrac-
tive one already named and the aromatic one OBJ
tanned by distilation. Finally, Udolpho Wolfe's
aromatic Schiedsn schnapps consists simply of an
aromatic alcohol # 20 degrees of graduation in
Carriers alcoholic CHER, and of an extractive
bitter aromatic substance, which perhaps, is me-
iicinal; and on account Of Its not containing any
matter injurious to the health as well as for it.
'dor and good lavor-a fact which no doubt arises
from the choice substances employed in its manu-
acture, and from the peculiar manner Of its dis
illation, it should in my opinion be preferred to
al the Holland, Belsic and German gins which
Ire found in this Island whichit has been my bust
!, cxhale disagreeable odor, and have r more or
ess dsasreeable flavor, some Of them having left |
Is was the case with the superior gin from the dis
illery of Mr. Henry DeeJen (of Bremen), asresid
I'm after evaporation by steam a substance almost |
nsi2id and very tri1ingly aromatic, with flavor of
-anil'a, but il. no wise with the delicious bitter
IN aromatic favor Of that of Udolpho W oIfe; and |
theirs, such that labelled Genuine Samaritan,
Extra superior" N ssrs TEACHER have furnished
ne a very small quantity ola grcenish substance,
f harsh metallic taste and very disagreeable which
attractive organic matter was mixed with salt Of
Upper, with sgns of iron, owing perhaps, to a bad
ystem Of dstillation.
l certify that all that is here stated's the truth
nd agrees with the experiments I have made with
be greatest care, and I authorize the house of
lottig Will of this city. to give publicity to
his certificate in Spanish and in foreign Language
:, in all countries where it NAV suit their interest
0 do JOSE LUIS CASASECA.
HAVANA. JANUARY. 1888
IMPORTANT FOR MEDICAL USE
old Brandy and Hine.
The Medical Faculty can always be supplied
18th the oldest and best Brandy and Wines, In
orted by the subscriber expressly for medical use.
TDOLPHO WOLFE,
d&w3m % Beaver street, New York.