, 1882-08-09

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Trinidad Cocoa o. cvt. Ga. Is Cd.
ConSols 998 to
Bank of England Rate Of Discount 3 pet.
Liverpool Cotton Nildling Upland y II 7.
3 per cent. Rpntes in Paris, Fcs. 31.05
Meat Pre~cUvat,On.-The second
part of a demonstration Of a new method
{under JoneS's patent) Of meat preserya-
ton was given at the C~annon-Street
Hotel, when the efficacy OF the pro
cess was proved iii a practical way by the
serving for luncheon Of mutton killed on
the 9th of March, or 80 days before. The
carcasses from which the joints served up
we're cut had been kept i'll a butchers shop
ut a temperature varying between 90 and
go deg. Fahrenheit. Mr.. Hardwicke, who
presided, remarked on sitting down to
lunch that the meat would be found to
have been prepared i'll the simplest way
in order that the favour and quality Of
the flesh might be better appreciated.
The experiment showed that the mutton,
of which boiled and roasted joints were
served, was perfectly free from any faint
or taste Of the antiseptic chemical used to
preserve it, and that the meat retained
its natural juiCineSS and favour. 1t was,
moreover, very tender. The process,
which was described in The Times of the
9th of March, differs from other applica-
tons of antiSepticS to the preservation of
meat in one important felture-tha preSer-
vative substance (b0racic acid is iniec-
I'd into a vein while the creature, though
stunned by a blow on the head, is still
alive, and the action of the heart IS
relied upon to pump it through every part
of the body into which the vascular sYs-
TEN ramitieS. With regard to a question
which has been raised as to the imOcency
of boraciC acid as an a~ntiSeptic, Colonel
Harger quoted DR.. 7. p. Atkinson, who
says" Considering the we'll known pro.
perties of b0racic acid, it is exceedingly
curious how little it has been administered
as an internal remedy. Its effect in
d~iphtheria, both locally and internally, is
very marked" This he proceeds to Show
by reference to observations of DR.. COSsar
Ewart and DR.. Malcolm simpson, and sub
%6equently states that-"A dose is five to
10 grains. 1t has one particular recon-
incubation, and that is its taSteleSSnesS."
In the room was shown the carcass of a
sheep killed on the 9th of Marca last, still
in perfect condition, and to preserve which
5Oz. of b0raclc acid were used, the whole
carcass weighing 74lb. The two hind
quarters of another sheep, killed on the
SUIu VI GCUIudIys VI u udA ) ago, were
also shown. No difference was perceptible
between the condition of one or the other.
To preserve the latter, which weighed
89lb., Coz. Of boracic acid had been used.
AS, however, a large proportion of the
solution injected probably flows away with
the blood when the creature is stuck 10y
the butcher two minutes after the injection
of the boracic acid, 1t is impossible in the
absence of any data from careful Quantita-
tive analysis to calculate the quantity re-
naming in the fibre of, say, half a pound
of meat before cooking. But small as this
quantity must be, there can be no doubt
that introduced in this way into the living
organism it sufficeS to preserve, not only
the carcass, but also the heart, liver, kid
neys, and other organs of the body. The
economical advantages of d method'which,
if used in the abattoirs of Sydney or Mel
bourne, would only render it necessary to
reduce the temperature in the storing
rooms during the voy to 56leg. Fanren,
heit, instead of 3Odeg. Fahrenheit, must
evidently be considerable. The loss of
weight on a sheep thus preserved and
kept for n month has been found to be
about 5 per cent.-TimeS.