IMPROVED MEDICINAL AND NUTRITIVE COMPOUNDS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN NEWTON BEACH of 24 and 25 Hart Street Bloomsbury in the County
of Middlesex Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
"IMPROVED MEDICINAL AND NUTRITIVE COMPOUNDS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:—
This Invention relates to nutritive and medicinal compounds or emulsions and
the object is to produce compounds or emulsions which are agreeable in appearance
and taste and possess highly nutritive invigorating, and remedial qualities for
use in cases of debility and in all cases in which a physician would prescribe a
readily digested and assimilated nutritive tonic and food.
The essential ingredients of my improved compounds or emulsions are cod liver
oil and milk mixed together in suitable proportions, as for instance, from twenty
to eighty parts of oil with from twenty to eighty parts of milk, the proportions
varying according to circumstances; and where required, a small proportion of any
suitable mucilaginous substance such as gum arabic or its equivalent being added in
sufficient quantity to assist in preserving the union of the oil and milk in the
permanent form of an emulsion.
The milk used in preparing the emulsion may previously be reduced to one half,
more or less, by removing a portion of the water by evaporation.
In order that the emulsion may be more readily digested and assimilated, and
therefore better suited to persons with weak or sensitive stomachs, the oil and milk
may be digested with pepsine and pancreatine. The thus péptonized emulsion is
very palatable; is in the best form for digestion; and is readily assimilated. The
pepsine and pancreatine used are preferably dissolved in glycerine previous to their
mixture with the oil and milk. The glycerine assists in maintaining the union of
the oil and milk and also acts as a preservative. The milk and oil may both be
digested with the pancreatine, separately or together, or only one of them may be
digested with the pancreatine as thought most expedient or desirable.
To better fit the emulsion for a nutritive tonic and fool, I combine or mix with
it one or more of the hypophosphites, as hypophosphite of lime, or hypophospite of
soda or both.

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The hypophosphites are dissolved in the milk previous to the formation of the
emulsion, or they may be, rubbed up with the oil, or they may be added in the
form of a powder to the emulsion. The hypophosphites are mixed with the oil
and milk in such proportions that a dose thereof (eight to thirty grains) will be
present in every dose of the emulsion, such as a table-spoonful or other suitably
sized dose.
In preparing the emulsion I mix together about equal quantities of oil and milk,
digested with pancreatine solution, in the usual manner of preparing emulsions,
using a sufficient quantity of mucilaginous substance, to make the emulsion
permanent. The preparation of milk used depends somewhat upon its degree of
concentration. I prefer as a rule that the milk be somewhat concentrated by
evaporation. The hypophosphites are mixed with the oil or milk or the emulsion
in about the proportion mentioned.
A suitable preservative as boracic acid is added to the emulsion to keep it sweet
and pure for any desired length of time.
The use of milk, and especially concentrated milk, in making the emulsion,
possesses important advantages as compared with water ordinarily used, for with
milk the emulsion is more easily formed, and moreover milk contains all the
necessary constituents to maintain healthy nutrition and is therefore a valuable aid
to the oil, as a nutritive.
By digesting the milk and oil with pepsine and pancreatine, the emulsion formed
is most readily digested and assimilated by the person using it. The whole makes
an elegant, agreeable and health-giving mixture.
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
First. In a nutritive and medical compound the composition of cod liver oil and
milk formed into an emulsion as described.
Second. In a nutritive and medical compound the composition of cod liver oil,
milk, and a digestive ferment, such as pépsine or pancreatine formed into an
emulsion as described.
Third. A nutritive and medical compound or composition consisting of cod liver
oil, milk, and a digestive ferment, such as pancreatine, and one or more of the
hypophosphites, such as hypophosphite of lime or soda.
Fourth. A nutritive and medical compound or composition, consisting of cod
liver oil; concentrated milk; a digestive ferment such as pancreatine dissolved in
glycerine; and one or more of the hypophosphite salts, such as hypophosphite of
lime or soda, formed into an emulsion as described.
Fifth. A nutritive and medical emulsion or composition, consisting of cod liver
oil, milk, a digestive ferment as pancreatine, glycerine, one or more of the
hypophosphite salts, such as hypophosphite of lime or soda, and a preservative as
described.
Dated thin 1st dow of MG 1001