A New or Improved Biscuit or Cake for Human Food.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 13th Mar., 1897
A New or Improved Biscuit or Cake for Human Food.
I BERNARD FREDERIC HARTZHORNE of Blenheim Lodge Chiswick in the
ounty of Middlesex Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
This invention relates to administering medicine to children and others suffering
om constipation and dyspepsia and the object of my invention is to combine the
ecessary drugs with an article of food such as a cake or biscuit in such a
anner that the taste of the said drugs is disguised and the food made palatable so
hat it will be readily eaten by children and others. The medicine is also put up
a portable form ready for use and the trouble of measuring out doses of medicine
ixing with water and the like is avoided.
Now according to this invention I take manna, or mannite, ginger, carbonate of
oda or carbonate of potash, or sulphocarbolate of soda or sulphocarbolate of
otash and sugar and incorporate them with oatmeal wheatmeal, wholemeal,
ran or other suitable cereal preparation the following proportions being very
itable.
Or
Manna
Ginger
Carbonate of soda
Sugar
Sixteen drachms
160 grains
110 grains
4 ounces
Oatmeal or other suitable cereal preparation up to one pound.
Manna
Ginger
Sulphocarbolate of soda
2 ounces
240 grains
110 grains
4 ounces
Oatmeal or other suitable cereal preparation up to one pound.
These ingredients after being thoroughly mixed so as to form a cake or biscuit
re baked in the usual way the biscuits or cakes being made of such a size that one
r two will be sufficient to enable the patient to take the requisite quantity of the
corporated drugs.
The ginger and sugar are added chiefly for flavouring purposes and the quantity
f each used may be varied to suit the taste for example-if the biscuits are
equired to have the flavour of oatmeal biscuits but little ginger would be used but
they are to taste like ginger bread nuts a much larger quantity of ginger would
e required.
Similar quantities of potash compounds may be used in lieu of the sodium
ompounds herein before stated.
Dated this 4th day of May 1896.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for Applicant.

page_text: in the foregoing formulæ although these represent the best methods now known to
me of carrying out my invention but
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cake or biscuit composed of manna (or mannite) ginger sugar a carbonate
of soda or a carbonate of potash and oatmeal, wheatmeal, or other suitable
preparation of grain substantially as herein before specified.
2. A cake or biscuit composed of manna (or mannite) ginger, sugar sulpho-
carbolate of soda or sulphocarbolate of potash and oatmeal, wheatmeal or other
preparation of grain substantially as hereinbefore specified.
3. A cake or biscuit composed of manna (or mannite) ginger sugar a carbonate
of soda (or potash) or sulphocarbolate of soda (or potash) and oatmeal or
other suitable cereal preparation in about the proportions stated.
4. Cakes or biscuits containing nutritious and medicinal substances as herein-
before specified and for the purposes stated.
Dated this 4th day of February 1897
T. E. HALFord,
11 Furnival Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.