Raw Extract of Meat Preparation.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1891-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Raw Extract of Meat Preparation.
I, JOHN HENRY NIEMANN of Nagambie in the Colony of Victoria, Chemist
and Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The juice is expressed from lean raw beef (or other meat) by any suitable
apparatus, and after standing a short time to allow the sediment to settle, the clear
portion is mixed with pure sugar in the proportion of one pound of juice to two
pounds of sugar; the mixture is then stirred until the sugar is dissolved, no heat
being used, and oil of lemon (or other flavouring essential oil or oils) is then added
in the proportion (in the case of oil of lemon) of fifteen drops to each pound of
sugar used, after which the mixture is again allowed to stand for a few hours and
the clear portion is then separated by a syphon, decantation or other means. The
clear proportion thus separated is the finished product, but five per cent. of glycerine
may be added to it if desired.
The sugar is mixed with the meat juice to preserve it. The essential oil is
added as a flavouring and also to assist in the preservation of the syrup, which it
does by forming a thin film of oil on the surface of the liquid, thus preventing the
access of air. The glycerine is added (when desirable) to guard against the
formation of mould in the event of a defective cork being used in bottling.
In the preparation of the syrup I find that the sugar absorbs any fat which may
be present in the meat juice and so obviates the necessity for allowing the mixture
to stand some days in order that the fat may rise to the surface and be removed, my
preparation being manufactured in one day. Also the meat juice being preserved
with sugar exerts its beneficial action on the system without causing diarrhoea or
being interfered with in any way by the presence of any drug. My carnine syrup
prepared as hereinbefore described, having neither the taste of raw meat, of
glycerine, nor of any drug to disgust the patient, but having on the contrary a most
delicious flavour, is far more palatable than any other raw meat food, while at the
same time it is more attractive in odour and appearance.
The admixture of the juice with the sugar effects such a fine division of the
former that it is absorbed into the system (being raw) immediately upon entering
the stomach, without needing to undergo the process of digestion and without having
any medicinal effect.
Dated this 4th day of November A.D. 1898.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Raw Extract of Meat Preparation.
I, JOHN HENRY NIEMANN of Nagambie in the Colony of Victoria, Chemist and
Dentist, 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 :-
The juice is expressed from lean raw beef or other meat by any apparatus
suitable for mechanically expressing the juice from the meat without the application
of heat, and the expressed juice is then mixed with pure sugar in the proportion of
about one pound of juice to two pounds of sugar. The mixture is then stirred
until the sugar is dissolved, no heat being used, and oil of lemon or other suitable
essential oil or oils is or are then added. In the case of oil of lemon, about 15 drops
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page_text: will suffice for each pound of sugar used; in the cases of other essential oils, just a
sufficient amount is added to impart a pleasant flavour, after which the mixture is
allowed to stand for a few hours, and the clear portion is then removed by decanta-
tion or a syphon or by other means. The clear portion removed is the finished
product.
Many methods for preserving the juice of meat in a raw condition have been
adopted in the past, but if they accomplished the desired object they have all been
open to these objections amongst others, i.e., that they are unpalatable and dear.
My invention has not the disadvantages in these respects of previous processes while
it retains nearly if not quite, all their advantages.
The sugar is used in my preparation for the purpose of preserving the juice.
The essential oil is used as a flavouring agent and also to assist in preserving the
syrup. Since sugar possesses the property of absorbing the essential oil, the greater
portion of the oil mixes with the syrup instead of floating on the surface as it does
when added to most aqueous liquids. In the preparation of the syrup I also find
that the sugar absorbs any fat which may be in the meat juice, so obviating the
necessity for allowing the mixture to stand some days in order that the fat may
rise to the surface and be removed. My preparation is thus capable of being
completely manufactured in one day. Also the meat juice being preserved with an
innocuous substance (sugar) it exerts its beneficial action on the system without
causing diarrhoea and without being interfered with in any way by the presence of
any drug.
The syrup prepared according to these improvements having the taste neither of
raw meat, glycerine, nor of any other drug to disgust the patient, but having on
the contrary a most delicious flavour, it is more palatable than any other raw meat
food, while at the same time it is more attractive in odour and appearance. The
admixture of the juice with the sugar is so effective and complete that the juice of
the raw meat therein becomes assimilated immediately upon entering the stomach
without needing to undergo the process of digestion and without having any
medicinal effects. If from any cause my preparation should ferment, the fermenta-
tion is alcoholic and not putrefactive while in any previously known method of
preserving raw meat juice if fermentation occurs it is putrefactive and renders the
food unfit for use which alcoholic fermentation does not. My method for preserving
raw meat juice is also cheaper than any other and more expeditious.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,―
A raw extract of meat preparation consisting of an admixture of raw meat juice,
pure sugar, and an essential oil, substantially in the manner and proportions herein
described.
Dated this Ist day of A nonst. A
1891.
Dated thig Ist day of A noust
1. 1891.
Pp. WM. E. HEYS,
Geo. Heys,
Agent for the Applicant.
Pp. WM. E. HEYS,
Geo. Heys,
Agent for the Applicant.