A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD FOR INFANTS AND INVALIDS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Elise Von Lesner Ebersburg, of 25, Montpellier
Street, Knightsbridge, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD FOR INFANTS AND INVALIDS."_
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tion from abroad by Baron Justus Vou Liebig of
Sealed the 5th July 1867, and dated the 30th January 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Elise Von Lesner
Ebersburg at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her
Petition, on the 30th January 1867.
I, ELISE VON LESNER EBERSBURG, of 25, Montpellier Street, Knights
bridge, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD FOR INFANTS AND INVALIDS,"
to be as follows:-
This Iuvention has for its object the production of a food which is intended
to be given to infants and invalids, and in carrying out my Invention Iarrange
it under two heads, and proceed as follows:-
To make a foud of a liquid nature I take of wheat flour 720 parts; of
Bruised malt
Bicarbonate of potash
Water
of fresh skimmed milk
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21
720
of
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of
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1,440 "
12,458
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and
and mix the whole together in the following manner :-I first mix the milk
and wheat flour and allow the, resulting product to boilfor five minutes; I
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page_text: then let it cool until it is at 150°Fahrenheit; I then add the water, malt, and
bicarbonate of potash, and maintain the heat above stated for one hour and a
half; I then let the mixture boil for about two minutes, and afterwards straiu
it ready for use.
To make a food of a more solid nature, I take the same proportions of
wheat flour,malt, and bicarbonate of potash as alreadystated, and add thereto
2,880 or more parts of water; I then heat this mixture to the degree of heat
already stated, and allow it to stand for one hour and a balf, maintaining the
same degree of heat the whole time; I then boil it for two minutes, strain it,
and afterward evaporate it to dryness.
I wish it to be understood that Ido not confine myself to the precise details
or proportions given above, as from practice I may find that it will become
expedient to alter or vary them, but they are those I generally prefer.
It will be found that either of the above mixtures will contain such heat
and blood producing elements as are well adapted for feeding infants and
invalids.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Elise Von Lesner Ebersburg in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 30th July 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ELISE
VON LESNER EBERSBURG, of 25, Montpellier Street, Knightsbridge, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Elise Von Lesner Ebersburg, Her special licence that I, the said Elise
Von Lesner Ebersburg, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Elise Von Lesner Ebersburg, my executors, administra-
tors, 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 OR IMPROVED ARTICLE OF FOOD FOR INFANTS AND
INVALIDS," partly a communication to me from abroad by Baron Justav Von
Liebeg, of Munich, Bavaria, Germany,and partly an Invention or discovery

page_text: made by myself, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Elise
Von Lesner Ebersburg, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particu-
larly 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 Elise Von Lesner Ebersburg, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
My Invention of "A New or Improved Article of Food for Infants and
Invalids" has for its object the production of a food which is intended for
infants and invalids, and in carrying my said Invention into practical operation
I arrange it under two heads and proceed as follows:-
To make a food of a liquid nature I take of wheat flour 720 parts; of
bruised or ground malt, 720 parts; of bicarbonate of potash, 21+ parts; of
water, 1,440 parts; and of fresh skimmed milk, 12,458 parts; and mix
the whole together in the following manner-I first mix the milk and
wheat flour, and allow the resulting product to boil for five minutes; I then
let it cool until it is at 150° Fahrenheit; I then add the water, malt, and
bicarbonate of potash, and maintain the heat above stated for one hour and a
half; I then let the mixture boil for about two minutes, and afterwards strain
it ready for use.
To make a food of a more solid or dry nature, and fit for exportation, and
transit by sea and land, I take the same proportions of wheat flour and malt
as already stated, and only one-fourth part of the above enumerated quantity
of bicarbonate of pota h, and add thereto 2,880 or more parts of water, or
12,458 parts of fresh skimmed milk; I then heat the mixture to the degree
of heat already stated, and allow it stand for one hour and a half, main-
taining the same degree of heat the whole time; I then boil it for two minutes,
strain it, and afterwards evaporate it to dryness at a low temperature; after
the mixture has been evaporated I add the remaining three-fourth parts of the
bicarbonate of potash. The reason for my mixing the bicarbonate of potash in
separate parts is that its alkaline reaction may not suffer during the process of
evaporation by forming new combinations, having an acid tendency. To serve
the latter food when made with water about three table spoonfuls of the
extract should be dissolved in about the same quantity of boiling fresh
skimmed milk, and when intimately mixed four ounces or eight table spoon-

page_text: fuls of boiling water, and enough boiling fresh skimmed milk should be added
to make an ordinary pint of sixteen ounces. To serve the food when made
with milk about five table spoonfuls of the extract should be dissolved in
about the same quantity of boiling water,and when intimately mixed sufficient
boiling water should be added to make an ordinary pint of sixteen ounces;
they are then ready for administration to the infant or invalid. The first-named
qr liquid portion of the food was that communicated to me by the aforesaid
Baron Justav Von Liebeg.
I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise mode of operation or proportions of ingredients stated above, as from
experience or necessity, or from the physical weakness or strength of the
infant or invalid I may find it expedient to alter or vary the mode of operation
or proportions set forth, but the above enumerated mode of operation aud
proportions of ingredients are those that I generally prefer and make use of.
It will be found that the above mixtures or compounds will contain such heat
and blood producing clements as are well adapted for the food of infants
and invalids.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the means I
employ to carry it into practical operation, I wish it to be understood that
what I claim as my Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid
is, the production of a food (both liquid and solid or dry) which is intended
for infants and invalids, by combining the ingredients above stated in and
about the proportions given and proceeding in the manner substantially as
set forth in the body of this my Specification.
In witness whereof, I, the said Elise Vou Lesner Ebersburg, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
ELISE VON LERSNER EBERSBURG.
(L.S.)