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CHEMICAL TESTIMONY

D. JOSE LUIS CAsAsrcA, Corresponding Mem.
per OF the Royal Academic Of Madeira and Nun.
len Graduate in sciences Of the Faculty of Paris
formerly Professor Of Chemistry rs appiied 10 tn,
Arts ot the Royal Conservatorio Of Madrid and Of
Fhysic and Chemistry, 2s applied 70 the Industry
and Agriculture of the country, in the ,oval Uni
vcr.ity of this Island, pr cent H. Ms director
OF the Institute Of Chcmcol Investigation, &c, &C.
Do hereby certify, that at the request Of tho
house Of Gottig & VIII, Of this place, have mad.
an anali'ical examination Of I. Wofe's aromatic
schiedam schnapps, with the obcc, of asccrtaininr
ii it contained any substance noxi3us to health.
and to inform tAom to it., true competition and
relative quality with the other gins thu, erc rsrea
in the market and the results Of my observation.
and experiments are as follows -
Udopho Wolies aromatic Sohioll,a schnarrs /.
spirituous liquid, ola very agreeable aromatic
odor, completely transparent and almost colorlcs.
having only very slight tint of yclowi,h gray;
its flavor is strong and very agreeable to the palate
II marks 20 degrees in Carriers alcohol weirhe-
or 30 degrees hundredths in Gay Lussac's alec.
hometre. By the distillaton in 4 balaium maria
with an apparatus consisting of class retort and
recipient surrounded with ice, have collected in
this recipient an alcoholic liquid with very
agreeable aroma completely coloress and tranSpar.
emit which marked 30 degrees in Critters alcoholic
| weighcr, or 10 degrees hundredth on Cav Luss.
ac's alcometro and which represented rs whole
81 per cent Of aromatic SeAielam schnapps sub
| Ject to dstilation in the rctort This 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 trihns amount of III es.
sentia oil inserarabo from alcohol
From the remainder Of the distillGtion which
was left in tho retort, have obtained, through
evaporation in a vapor bath n substance of q
yellowish brown color, clear, and having bitter
taste which is not disagrceable, and which after.
wards becomes aromatic and leaves the mouth per.
fumed with that fragrance peculiar to tho vanilla
am inclined to believe that to this bitter and a.
romatic e1tractive substance, soluble in water and
alcohol the medicinal properties which arc attr!
buted, .his gin are due. I havo not found in
rdo.pho Wolfes aromatic Sehiedam schnapps an '
mineral or organic substance other Than the extrac-
two one already named and the aromatic one OBJ
tanned by distillation. Finally, Udolpho Wolfe's
aromatic Schiedam schnapps consists simply of an
aromatic alcohol Of 20 degrees Of graduation in
bitter aromatic substance, which perhaps, Is me.
dicnali and, on account Of its not containing any
matter injurious to the health as we'll as for its
odor aud good davor-a fact which no doubt arises
from tho choice substances employed in its manu-
iactuEe, and from tho peculiar manner Of its dis.
tila,ion i; should in my opinion, be preferred to
all the Holland, Belgic and German gins which
found in this Island which it has been 1, Y bust
ness to examine. These gins as have often proved
t. c1hnlo disagrccablc odOr, and have more or
less disagreeable favor, some Of them having left
as was the case with the superior gin from tho dis.
tllery Of Mr.. Henry Deetjen (of Bremen), as re.id
UNI after evaporation by steam, substance almost
insipid and very trifinsy aromatic, with favor Of
vanilla, but il no wise with the delicious bitter
AMI aromatic favor Of that Of Udolpho Wolfe; and
Others such that labelled "Genuine Samaritan. ,
Extra superior" M,ssrs TEACHER have furnished,
mo very small quantity ola greeEish substance,
of harsh metallic taste and very dsagrecable which
extraetive organic matter was mixed with salt Of
copper with signs Of iron, wing perhaps, to bad
system o: distillatiou
certify that all that i, here stated is the truth
aud agrees with tho experiments have made with
the greatest care, and I authorize the house of
Gottig & VIII, 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 JOSELUIS CASASECA.
HAVANA, JANUARY. 1859
IMPORTANT FOR MEDICAL USE.
Old Brandy and Wine.
Inc Medical Faculty can always BIO supplied
with the Oldest and best Brandy and Wines, I'm
ported by the subscriber expressly Tor medical use,
TDoLPH0 WOLFE,
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