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CHEMICAL TESTIMONY.

u JOSE LUIS CAsAsEcA, Corresponding Mem
Der OF the Royal Academic of Madeira and Nun
ich' aoraduate in sciences Of the Faculty of Paris
formerly Professor of Chemistry as applied to tn,
Arts, OF the Royal Conservatorio of Madrid. and nj
| rhysc and Chemistry, as applied to the Industry
ana Agriculture of the country, in the Royal Uni
versity of this Island, at pr sent H. NJ. director
oil the Institute ofChemical Investigation, &C. &c
Do hereby certify, that at the request of the
house Of Gottig Will, of this place, have made
an analitical examination Of L. Wolfe's Aromatic
schiedam schnapps, with the object of aacertanng
il it contained any substance noxious to health
and to inform them az to its true composition and
relative quality with the other gins that are offered
In the market, and the results of my observations
and experiments are as follows -
Udelpho Wolfe's aromatic Scbiedam schuapps ia
spirituous liquid, ola very agreeable aromatic
odor, completely transparent and almost colorless.
having only very slight tint of yellowsh gray
flavor strong and very agreeable to the palate
1t marks 20 degrees in Carriers alcohol weigher
or % degrees hundredth. in Gay Lussac's alec.
hometre. BY the distllation in a balaium mari !.
with an apparatus consisting of a class retort and
recipient surrounded with ice, have collected in
this recipient alcoholic liquid with very
agreeable aroma completely colorles. and transpar-
eut, which marked 80 degrees in Cartiers alcoholic
weigher, or 20 degrees hundredth on Gay Luss.
ac's alcometre; and which represented as a whole
81 per cent of aromatic Schiedam schnapps sub.
Ject to distllation in the retort Thi. liquid did
not soil the transparency Of the distilled water in
mixing it with the same, and its agreeable aroma
is doubtless due to very tri1ng amount of an es.
sential oil inseparabe from alcohol
From the remainder Of the distllatiou which
was lett in the retort, l have obtained, through
evaporation in a vapor bath, a substance of a
yellowish brown color, clear and having a bitter
taste which is not dsagreeabe, and which after.
wards becomes aromatic and leaves the mouth per.
fumed with that fragrance peculiar to the vanilla
| am inclined to believe that to this bitter and n.
romatic extractive substance soluble in water and
alcohol, the medicinal properties which are atri.
buted to this gin are due. have not found in
Cdolpho Wolfe's aromatic schedam schnapps any
mineral organic substance other than the extrac
tive one already named and the aromatic one oh.
tanned by distilation. Finally, Udolpho Wolfe's
aromatic Schiedam schnapps consists simply of an
aromatic alcohol Of 20 degrees of graduation in
Cartier alcoholic wcighcr, and of an extractive
bitter aromatic substance, which perhaps, is me-
deinal; and, on account of its not containing any
matter injurious to the health, as we'll as for its
odor and good havor-a fact which no doubt arises
from the choice substances employed it, 's manu-
facture and from the peculiar manner Of its dis
tillaton, it should, in my opiIion b. preferred to
oil the Holland Belgic ana German gins which
are found in this Island which it ha, been my bust
ness to examine. These GIN i, have often proved
t, exhale disagreeable Oder d. have q more or
less disagreeabc favor, some uf them having left
as was the case witt the superior gin from the dis
tillery of Mr. lienry Deetjen (of Brcmen) as resid
UNI after evaporation by steam, substance almost
insipid aud very trihinglJ aromatic with favor of
vanilla but i'll no wise with tho delicious bitter
an aromatic favor of that Of Udolpho Wolfe; and
others, such that labelled "Gcnuine Samaritan"
me a very small quantity ola greenish substance,
Of harsh metallic taste and very disagreeable, which
extractve organic IN after was mixed with a salt of
copper with signs Of iron, owing perhaps to bad
system Of distilation.
certify that all that is here stated is the truth
and agrees with the experiments have made with
the greatest care, and l authorize the house of
Gottg 4 Will, of this city, to give publicity to
this certificate in Spanish and in foreign Language
es in all countries where it may suit their interest
to do SO. JOSE LUIS CASAsECA.
HAVANA, JANUARY. 1859. |
IMPORTANT FOR MEDICAL USE. |
Old Brandy and Wine.
The Medical Faculty can always be supplied |
with the oldest and best Brandy and Wines, I'm |
ported by the subscriber expressly Tor medical use.
UDOLPIO WOLFE,
d&w3m 70 Beaver street, New York.