A NEW FEBRIFUGE AND DIGESTIVE ELIXIR
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexandre Denis Gascon, 'of No. 10, Rue de la
Fidélité, Paris, in the Empire of France, Gentleman, for the Invention of
"A NEW FEBRIFUGE AND DIGESTIVE ELIXIR."—A communication from
Monsieur Alexandre Gascon, residing at Ternes, Paris, in the Empire of
France.
Sealed the 22nd September 1865, and dated the 28th March 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexandre Denis Gascon
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th March 1865.
I, ALEXANDRE DENIS GASCON, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidélité, Paris, in the
Empire of France, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW FEBRIFUGE AND DIGESTIVE ELIXIR," to be as follows,
that is to say-
The following are the ingredients of this new febrifuge and digestive elixir,
although I do not confine myself to the exact proportions given:-1 ounce of
socotrine aloes; 62 grains of zedoary; 46 grains of white agaric; 46 grains
of gentian; 46 grains of saffron; 46 grains of rhubarb; 46 grains of theriaca.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Alexandre Denis Gascon in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 28th September 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDRE
DENIS GASCON, of No. 10, Rue de la Fidélité, Paris, in the Empire of France,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Alexandre Denis Gascon, Her special licence that I, the said Alexandre
Denis Gascon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Alexandre Denis Gascon, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "A NEW FEBRIFUGE AND DIGESTIVE ELIXIR," communicated to me from
Monsieur Alexandre Gascon, a person resident at Ternes, Paris, in the
Empire of France, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Alexandre Denis Gascon, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under or their or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexandre Denis Gascon, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :--
The Invention communicated to me consists in the composition of a liquo
which I call febrifuge and digestive elixir, and which I prepare in the follow
ing manner:
First, in a quart of good brandy I put about two ounces of socotrine aloes

page_text: or aloes perfoliated; secondly, three drachms of zedoary; thirdly, three
drachms of white agaric; fourthly, three drachms of gentian; fifthly, three
drachms of saffron; sixthly, three drachms of rhubarb; seventhly, three
drachms of theriaca. The whole is pulverised and left to infuse about fifteen
days, when it is decanted and kept for use. After the elixir is prepared it can
if desired be employed immediately or at any future time.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention communicated to me,
and the manner in which the same is to be carried into effect, I wish it to
be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details or proportions
of ingredients herein laid down, but what I claim is, the manufacture of an
improved composition of a liquor which I call febrifuge and digestive elixir as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexandre Denis Gascon, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
REMOND SOUVIGNET,
Rue Miollis No. 8, Paris.
This 27th September 1865.
A. D. GASCON. (L.s.)