A Medicinal Tonic or Vermifuge for Horses, Dogs, and other Animals.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1888-
Complete Specification Left; 13th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 18th May, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Medicinal Tonic or Vermifuge for Horses, Dogs, and other
Animals.
I, JAMES FOX BROUGH, temporarily residing at 73 Charlwood Street, Warwick
Square, London, S.W., Major in H.M. Horse Artillery, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This preparation is designed to supply an effective tonic and vermifuge for all
animals, and especially for horses, and is the result of many practical experiments
abroad which conclusively establish its great value for the purposes indicated by
the title.
It consists of a powder to be mixed with the dry food of the animal and has the
great advantage of being usually taken readily in this manner, without causing
distaste for the food. Should however the animal refuse the food when mixed with
the powder, it can be administered in the form of a ball, or pill, or in some other
convenient manner.
The powder when intended for horses, is usually composed of the four ingredients
following all well powdered and intimately mixed, namely:

page_text: Generally speaking the above is the usual formula, but I claim the right to omit,
lessen or increase some of the ingredients should I find it desirable to do so, on
further experiments.
A dose of the powder above described for a horse, would be half an ounce or
thereabouts per diem, but should the animal be suffering from Worms, the dose should
be gradually increased up to one ounce and continued daily until an improvement
occurs.
I am experimenting to ascertain the best mode of applying the preparation to
human beings, and especially to children, as I believe it will prove extremely useful
in treating debility and various disorders due to or attended by the presence of worms
in the system.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London,
Patent Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Medicinal Tonic or Vermifuge for Horses, Dogs, and other
Animals.
I, JAMES FOX BROUGH late of 73 Charlwood Street Warwick Square London S.W.
and now of 42 Blomfield Street Westbourne Terrace London, W. Major in H.M.
Horse Artillery, 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 :-
This preparation is designed to supply an effective tonic and vermifuge for all
animals and especially for horses, and is the result of many practical experiments abroad,
which conclusively establish its great value for the purpose indicated by the title.
It has the peculiar characteristic of acting as a Tonic when given in small
quantities, and as a Vermifuge in larger doses.
It consists of a powder to be mixed with the dry food of the animal and has the
great advantage of being usually taken readily in this manner without causing
distaste for the food. Should however the animal refuse the food when mixed with
the powder the latter can be adininistered in the form of a ball, or in a simple drench
of water; or in butter for dogs.
The powder is usually composed of the four ingredients following, all well powdered
and intimately mixed namely.
These four ingredients are not necessarily invariable, being subject to modification
according to the purpose for which it is desired to administer the medicine, and also
according to what kind of animal the medicine is to be given to.
The dose of the preparation varies in the case of a horse from half an ounce upwards,
in the case of a dog from a few grains upwards and similarly in the case of other
animals.
The advantages of this preparation are firstly that it is very easy to administer,
secondly that it is speedy in its action, and thirdly that it has never been known to

page_text: produce any after ill effects, on the contrary its action has been known to render
irritable and nervous horses, gentle and tractable, owing to its beneficial effect on
their digestive organs and in their secretions.
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 :
The application of the combination of substances herein described or of the Belas
papra seed, and charcoal, with, or without some or all of the materials mentioned, for
the purpose of a tonic or febrifuge, as herein explained and described.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C.,
Patent Agent.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C.,
Patent Agent.