Improvements in the Manufacture of Dietetic Preparations for the use of Dyspeptics.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1890-Accepted, 12th July, 1890
Improvements in the Manufacture of Dietetic Preparations for the
use of Dyspeptics.
I, ALBERT GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, of Wellington House, Stapleton Road, Bristol,
Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-.
This invention relates to the preparation and manufacture of bread and bread stuffs,
biscuits, tonic-waters, and other dietary articles for the use of dyspeptics and persons
suffering from constipation indigestion, and torpidity of the liver; certain valuable
drugs being incorporated with the said dietary.articles during the process of manu-
facture, whereby wholesome and palatable food and beverages are provided, by the use
of which, persons suffering from the most obstinate constipation may obtain permanent
relief, and persons who are pre-disposed to dyspepsia and disordered livers may adopt
preventive measures.
It is generally believed that the bran which is retained in the meal used for making
whole-nieal bread and biscuits, and the saline ingredients which are used in the
preparation of aperient waters, act as natural laxatives or as efficient substitutes for
the same; but it has been proved by repeated experiments that the action of bran on
the stomach and intestines is purely mechanical, while the saline properties of the
aperient waters produce a lowering and injurious effect on the system.
The object of this invention is to provide food and beverages containing certain
drugs which act beneficially on the stomach, liver, and intestines, these drugs being
incorporated in such a manner that their presence is not discovered by the most
sensitive palate, so that persons with weak stomachs or disordered livers may be able
to enjoy their meals without fear of indigestion and its consequences. The drugs
employed for this purpose are Cascara Sagrada and Euonymin, the former acting as a
tonic laxative, while the latter serves as a stimulant to the liver; these drugs are most
beneficially used for the purposes named when combined in the proportions of two
parts of Cascara Sagrada to one part of Euonymin.
In carrying this invention into effect, a preparation is first made, consisting of two
parts Liquid Extract of Cascara Sagrada and one part Tincture of Euonymin, this is
called the "Tonic Mixture : when it is to be used in the manufacture of bread,
biscuits, and the like, it is conveniently diluted with three times the quantity of
distilled water, called hereafter the diluted tonic mixture.
In the manufacture of bread, the sponge is set working in the usual methods adopted
by bakers, either by using barm, yeast, bakers' composition, or other suitable material,
with a small quantity of flour; when the sponge has sufficiently worked, to assist
which, a little sugar may be added, the quantity of water which will be required in
mixing the dough is provided, and to this water a suitable quantity of salt and onc
fluid ounce of the diluted tonic mixture for each fourteen pounds of bread to be made
are added and thoroughly mixed; the water is then added to the sponge and the
additional meal or flour is added and kneaded therewith until a firm dough is obtained.
The dough is then left to prove for a short time, when it will be ready for cutting up
into pieces of the required weight, and making into loaves, to be baked in a quick
oven. Loaves of about 24 ounces will require about 45 minutes to be properly
baked.
In the manufacture of biscuits, the chemical preparations usually employed, such as
carbonate of soda, cream of tartar, sal volatile, &c., are thoroughly mixed with the
flour or meal, or meal and flour combined; the required quantity of water being
provided, a fluid ounce of the diluted tonic mixture is added to the water for each
7 lbs. of meal or flour; the whole is then worked into a stiff paste or biscuit dough,

page_text: sugar or other flavouring being added as may be preferred; the dough is then cut into
shapes and baked in a quick oven in the usual manner.
In the manufacture of a tonic beverage, the unpleasant taste of the above mentioned
drugs is disguised in a preparation of Tincture of Oranges and Glycerine in or about
the following proportions; one ounce of the "tonic mixture" is mixed with 3 ounces
of Tincture of Oranges and 2 ounces of Glycerine; a suitable quantity of this compound
is put into bottles or syphons, and aërated or carbonised water added thereto, the
bottles are stoppered or corked, and in a short time a tonic beverage will be ready for
use.
In the manufacture of tonic meal or flour for use in making porridge, puddings,
and the like, the Cascara Sagrada and Euonymin are used in a pulverised form,
and in quantities similar to those used for breid and biscuits; the pulverised drugs
being thoroughly mixed with the meal or flour.
In a manner analogous to those already described, these tonic laxative drugs
may be incorporated with other articles of diet, suitable means being employed to
disguise the flavour when necessary or desirable. The methods described as used for
making the various articles named, are those which are usually adopted in making
similar dietary articles, the incorporation of the pharmaceutical preparation being
the only alteration or addition; and as this invention consists essentially in the
said incorporation of these drugs with food or beverages, so that their operation may
be of the most perfect character while their presence is unsuspected, the details of
manufacture may be varied according to circumstances.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner. the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
:
1. The incorporation of tonic laxative and hepatic stimulating drugs, such as Cascara
Sagrada and Euonymin, with ordinary articles of diet in such a manner that their full
beneficial action is retained while their presence is unperceived by the persons
partaking thereof, substantially in the manner herein before set forth and described.
2. The process of manufacturing food and food stuffs containing tonic laxatives and
hepatic stimulants, substantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth and
described.
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J. G. WESTLAKE,
2, John Street, Bristol, Applicant's Agent.