An improved Biscuit for Dogs, Poultry, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: An improved Biscuit for Dogs, Poultry, and the like.
I, JOHN WOODROFFE HILL, Hollington Lodge, Hollington, St. Leonards-on-Sea,
Sussex, Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A biscuit highly nutritious, antidyspeptic, antiseptic & antianæmic, supplies
the carnivorous stomach under domestication with its most suitable requirements.
without overheating the system or producing intestinal irritation & relaxation as
with other dog biscuits in use. This improved biscuit contains in suitable proportions,
arrowroot, oatmeal, wheaten flour, pure meat, phosphate of lime, carbonate of soda, salt,
papain & triticum repens (dog grass) the only natural canine vegetable alterative.
The increasing prevalence of eczema & allied skin diseases in biscuit fed dogs, though
usually put down to heredity, is nevertheless in frequent instances due to the
malassimilation of food consequent on dyspepsia, & bearing this fact in mind I have
avoided those ingredients which are a common source of digestive disturbance &
substituted those easily assimilated & corrective, and in touch with the animals
natural requirements, this being especially the case with the vegetable ingredient.
It is my intention to call this biscuit "Woodroffe Hill's Perfect Canine Biscuit."
The properties of the various constituents named are as follows:-
ARROWROOT. Valuable owing to its carbonaceous properties, bland, mucilaginous,
easily assimilated, counteracts relaxation.
OATMEAL. Nutritious, bone & muscle forming.
FLOUR. Nutritious & nitrogenous.
MEAT. Essential to carnivora.
:-
PHOSPHATE OF LIME.-Consolidates the tissues, bone teeth & flesh, & does away
with the intestinal irritation & diarrhoea, produced by the fragments of fractured
bone in present biscuits.
CARBONATE OF SODA,-Antacid & corrective.
PAPAIN. Natural digestive agent, stimulating & tonic in action, & being antiseptic
checks abnormal fermentation which gives rise to flatulency & colic. Valuable in
anæmia. Has specific action in dissolving unhealthy mucous secretions especially
gastric catarrh.
SALT. A blood necessity in all animal foods, being one of the largest constituents
of all the secretions, it is important there should be a proper supply of it.
TRITICUM REPENS (Dog Grass).--Natural canine alterative.
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page_text: I, JOHN WOODROFFE HILL, Hollington Lodge, Hollington, St. Leonards-on-Sea,
Sussex, Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 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 :-
.
A biscuit highly nutritious, anti-dyspeptic, anti-septic & anti-anæmic, supplies
the carnivorous stomach under domestication with its most suitable requirements
without over heating the system or producing intestinal relaxation as with other
dog biscuits in use. This improved biscuit contains in suitable proportions
arrowroot, oatmeal, wheaten flour, pure meat, phosphate of lime, carbonate of soda,
salt, papain & triticum repens (dog grass) the only natural canine vegetable and
alterative.
The increasing prevalence of eczema & allied skin diseases in biscuit fed dogs,
though usually put down to heredity, is nevertheless in frequent instances due to
the malassimilation of food consequent on dyspepsia, & bearing this fact in mind
I have avoided those ingredients which are ก common source of digestive
disturbance and substituted those easily assimilated, corrective, & in touch with the
animal's natural requirements, this being especially the case with the vegetable
ingredient (triticum repens).
It is my intention to call this biscuit "Woodroffe Hill's Perfect Canine Biscuit."
The properties of the various constituents named are as follows :--
ARROWROOT.-
-Valuable owing to its carbonaceous properties, bland, mucilaginous,
easily assimilated, counteracts relaxation.
OATMEAL. Nutritious, bone & muscle forming.
FLOUR. Nutritious & nitrogenous.
MEAT. Essential to all carnivora.
PHOSPHATE OF LIME.-Consolidates the tissues, bone, teeth, & flesh, & does away
with the intestinal irritation & diarrhoea produced by the fragments of fractured bone
in some of the present biscuits.
CARBONATE OF SODA. -Antacid & corrective.
PAPAIN. Natural digestive agent, stimulating & tonic in action, & being
antiseptic checks abnormal fermentation which gives rise to flatulency & colic,
valuable in anæmia, has specific action in dissolving unhealthy mucous secretions,
especially in gastric catarrh.
SALT. A blood necessity in all animal foods, being one of the largest constituents
of all the secretions it is important there should be a proper supply of it.
TRITICUM REPENS (Dog Grass).-Natural canine vegetable & alterative.
The suitable proportions & claims of the above ingredients are as follows:-
Wheaten Flour
Oatmeal
Arrowroot
-
Carbonate of Soda
Phosphate of Lime-
Salt
"
Grass (triticum repens) chopped
Or extract of same
Papain
-
.11b.
-
lb.
-
2 ounces
drachm
drachm
drachm
2 drachms
drachm
10 grains
"

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The manufacture & use of a biscuit or food for dogs, poultry & the like
consisting of ingredients substantially as herein described.
Dated this 20th day of July 1898.