IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF COD LIVER, CASTOR, AND OTHER " MEDICINAL ÔTES IN ORDER TO KENDER THE SAKE BURL PALATAD ADLE
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Wakefield Fox, of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Colliery Furnisher, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF COD LIVER, CASTOR, AND OTHER
"
MEDICINAL ÔTES
IN ORDER TO KENDER THE SAKE BURL
PALATAD
ADLE
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Wakefield Fox
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 19th March 1870, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
WAKEFIELD Fox, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Colliery
Furnisher, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE TREATMENT OF COD LIVER, CASTOR, AND OTHER MEDICINAL OILS IN ORDER
TO RENDER THE SAME MORE PALATABLE," and have petitioned Her most
Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria to grant unto me, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Wakefield Fox, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same

page_text: is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to the cod liver oil, castor oil, or other oil
employed for medicinal purposes, and consists of improvements in a
former Invention for which Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent have
been granted to me, the same bearing date the Sixteenth day of June, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the
said former Invention consisting of a method of treating or preparing
such of the oils as aforesaid as are specially intended to be swallowed,
the object of the said treatment being to neutralise or disguise the
nauseous properties possessed in a greater or a lesser degree by all of the
said oils and thereby to render the said oils moro palatable. When
carrying my said former Invention into effect I operate upon the said
oil, as, for example, cod liver oil, either in its ordinary "commercial"
state or after being more or less purified or refined by any of the
ordinary processes or by any process suitable to the subsequent treatment
of the said oil. I take the said oil in either of the said forms.or
conditions, and I mix therewith a sweet syrup made from honey, sugar,
malt, some descriptions of fruit, or from other saccheriferous materials
capable of yielding a sweet and wholesome syrup, and I also mix
therewith a portion of fruit or vegetable acid, as, for example, citric or
tartaric acid, lemon or lime juice, or other suitable acid, and I also mix
therewith a portion of aromatic, essential oil, tincture, or essence such as
will impart to the said mixture an agreeable flavour, as, for example, of
lemon, citron, orange, cinnamon, cloves, aniseed, peppermint, or almond,
or in lieu of the oils, tinctures, or essences obtained from the natural
spice or fruit I use artificial preparations, as, for example, the artificial
essence of pine apple or of other fruit.
Now my present Invention consists in the first place in substituting
for the above-mentioned fruit or vegetable acid a decoction, extract,
tincture, preparation, or substance, or decoctions, extracts, tinctures,
preparations, or substances of a wholesome and tonic bitter nature as, for
example, of quinine or sulphate of cinchonia, cinchonine, quassia,
chirayta, gentian root, hop, or cammomile flowers, bitter orange peel, or
wormwood. The bitter substance or substances or preparation or
preparations selected is or are to be combined with the other ingredients
herein-before mentioned with the exception of the aforesaid. fruit or
vegetable acid in such proportions as shall be found to be suitable to.

page_text: effect the object of my said Invention as hercin-before set forth, the
proportions which I have found to be suitable when employing sulphate
of cinchonia or quinine being somewhat as follows, namely, twenty ounces
of syrup of sugar, (liquid measure); three grains of quinine or sulphate.
of cinchonia; four drachms of essence of lemon or of citron; two drachms
of oil of aniseed or cloves; and a small quantity, say about three
drachms, of spirits of wine. The quinine may be dissolved either in the
spirits of wine or in a suitable quantity of water, a quantity of sulphuric
acid sufficient to cause the said quinine to dissolve being added to the
said water or spirit. I usually add the aforesaid mixture or a mixture
similarly made from such substances or materials as herein-before
mentioned to about an equal bulk of cod liver oil. When making a
preparation of palatable castor oil a mixture made as aforesaid may be
added to the said castor oil in the same proportions as when making a
preparation of cod liver oil or in other proportions as found to be suitable,
but as the quinine or other bitter is not so necessary or advantageous in
the case of the castor oil as in the case of the cod liver oil I prefer when
making the said preparation of castor oil to dispense with the use of the
quinine or other bitter, the mixture in such a case and before being
added to the oil consisting only of sweet syrup, spirits of wine, and one
or more aromatic flavouring matters of the nature herein-before
indicated. In the aforesaid mixture or preparation the proportion of
quinine is only intended to be so great as to effect the principal object of
my Invention, that is to say, to neutralise the taste of the oil, but a
further portion of my present Invention has for its object to increase the
medical efficacy of cod liver oil by adding to the said oil such a pro-
portion of quinine as that cach dose of the mixture shall contain a
suitable dose of quinine, the said mixture being rendered palatable in
manner as has been herein-before mentioned, as, for example, to the
proportions of sweet syrup, essence of lemon, and oil of aniseed, or other
suitable aromatics as aforesaid I add about one scruple of quinine.or
sulphate or other suitable salt of cinchonia either with or without the
addition of a small quantity of spirits of wine as may be desirable, and I
add to such mixture about an equal bulk of cod liver oil or such pro-
portion of cod liver oil as may be found to be suitable. The mixture
last described I term palatable cod liver oil with quinine. In some
cases glycerine may be substituted wholly or in part for the sweet syrup
employed in any of the afore-mentioned preparations or mixtures. It
may be desirable in order to render either of the herein described

page_text: mixtures more palatable or for other reasons to employ two or more
varieties of sweet syrup, acid, or bitter, or of the aromatic flavouring oil,
essence, or matter in combination with the oil. When preparing the
aforesaid mixtures for sale I prefer to "put them up" in clarct or
maroon colord bottles, each bottle bearing the name of the oil con-
tained therein with the prefix palatable, as, for example, "palatable cod
liver oil," "palatable castor oil," and in the case of the mixture last
described "palatable cod liver oil with quinine."
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and means
for carrying the same into practical effect, I would have it to be
distinctly understood that I claim, the treatment or preparation of cod
liver oil, castor oil, and other medicinal oil employed as aforesaid in
manner substantially as herein-before described, that is to say, the
admixture therewith of a sweet syrup, or of sweet syrups, or of glycerine,
of an aromatic flavouring matter, or of aromatic flavouring matters of
the kind or kinds herein-before mentioned or indicated, and of a whole-
some or tonic bitter or of wholesome or tonic bitters, in order not only
to neutralise or disguise the nauseous taste and odour of the said oils
but to render them comparatively pleasing to the palate and to the
olfactory organs. And I also claim the methods of preparing the
mixtures herein styled palatable castor oil and palatable cod liver
oil with quinine substantially in manner as herein-before indicated and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Wakefield Fox, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
GEORGE WAKEFIELD FOX. (L.S.)
Signed and scaled by the said
George Wakefield Fox, in the
presence of
EDWARD K. DUTTON,
Agent to the Petitioner,
3, Smithy Door,
Manchester.