Year: 1888

page_text: 1, HENRY TROWBRIDGE CHAMPNEY, of 270, West 39th Street, in the City, County
and State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My composition or compound consists of the following ingredients, preferably
combined in the proportions stated, namely
Defibrinated blood
Whiskey
Glycerine
Albumen
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65 gallons.
15 gallons.
3.5 gallons.
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13.5 pounds.
1.5 pounds.
Boracic acid
Chloride of sodium (common salt)
1.5 pounds.
The above named ingredients are to be thoroughly mingled by agitation, and after
being subjected to a ripening process for about thirty days, the product may be bottled
in such manner as to exclude the air and put on the market ready for use.
This preparation constitutes a liquid or fluid food, and it is specially useful in cases
of physical weakness, general debility and any derangement of the digestive organs.
prefer to make use of bullocks blood, that is, the blood of beef animals, freshly
drawn, although the blood of healthy sheep may be substituted. The blood is
defibrinated in any of the usual ways, a convenient and economical way, being to take
the blood just as it is drawn from the animal, and subject it to a vigorous stirring from
ten to fifteen minutes which will prevent coagulation and will aggregate the fibrin so
that it can be readily separated. This separation is effected by passing the stirred
blood through a fine sieve of about 120 to 130 meshes to the inch, when the fibrin will
be left on the sieve and the remaining parts will pass through.
I prefer to use Bourbon whiskey although other brands of good quality will answer.
I prefer to use chemically pure glycerine.
I prefer to use albumen obtained from eggs, although albumen from other sources
will give fair results. In practice I have, for convenience and economy, used the

page_text: desiccated white of eggs which, before being mingled with the other ingredients,
is dissolved in water at a temperature of about 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The
proportion given above is for the desiccated albumen before it is dissolved.
The boracic acid and chloride of sodium are obtained in their common crystalline
conditions and should be reduced to a fine powder before being mingled with the other
ingredients.
As the above named ingredients are brought together they are thoroughly
incorporated by agitation. For this purpose a centrifugal mixing machine may be
advantageously employed. When the mixing is completed the fluid is drawn off
into barrels or other receptacles, which are bunged, or otherwise secured to prevent
admission of the air, and it is then preferably allowed to stand in a cool place
for about thirty days, for the purpose of ripening, when it can be bottled and is
ready for use.
I have ascertained by a long series of experiments that the proportions of the
several ingredients, as above stated, give the best practical results although I have
learned by my experiments that a marketable preparation similar in its effect can
be produced by departing somewhat from the proportions above named.
This fluid food is preferably administered, in cases of extreme weakness and
irritability of the digestive organs, in small doses, beginning with ten to twenty
drops diluted with about the same quantity of water or milk, and repeated every
half hour as the patient can bear it, to four tablespoonfulls per day for an adult.
Larger doses are given with benefit where the strength of the patient will bear
it. From five to ten drops may be given to bottle-fed infants in their milk at
each feeding.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is :
The herein described composition, for use as fluid food, consisting of defibrinated
blood, whiskey, glycerine, albumen, boracic acid and chloride of sodium in the
proportions, substantially as specified.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1888.
er 1888
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.