Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An improved medicine / [John Howard]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![N° 17,665 A.D. 1893 Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1893 Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1893—Accepted, 10th Feb., 1894 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. An Improved Medicine. John Howard 11 Elizabeth Terrace Cork Store Clerk do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :— 16 oz. burned loaf sugar 16 oz. sugar of candy 5 2 oz. liquorice root 2 oz. ground ginger 2 oz. Epsom salts 2 oz. essence of dandelion 2 pints boiled water 10 all blended together in hot state. Dated this 18th day of September 1893. JOHN HOWARD, 11, Elizabeth Terrace, Cork, Store Clerk. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. 15 An Improved Medicine. John Howard 11 Elizabeth Terrace Cork Store Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my invention for An Improved Medicine and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:— 20 Sixteen oz. of burned loaf sugar, sixteen oz. of sugar of candy two oz. of liquorice root, two oz. ground ginger, two oz. essence of dandelion, two oz. of Epsom salts two pints of boiled water. The foregoing are all blendid together in a hot state. The dose to be taken must depend on the age and strength of the invalid. 25 That the manner of preparing my improved medicine may be better understood I herewith append the following.— I take the ingredients here-in-before mentioned and in the proportions specified. I place them in a large vessell over a fire until they come to boiling heat. I then set them aside to cool gradually. The improved medicine is then complete. 30 The purpose of the medicine is to act as a gentle purgative. I claim that it is superior to any other purgative I know of inasmuch as one dose of it will continue to act gently on the bowls for months. It purifies the blood and consequently renders all the organs of the body sound and healthy. 35 Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven¬ tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is The manufacture and use for the purpose of medicine of an improved medicine composed of the ingredients and prepared in the manner hereinbefore mentioned. 40 Dated this 11th day of December 1893. JOHN HOWARD, 11, Elizabeth Terrace, Cork, Store Clerk. London : Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, by Darling & Son, Ltd.—1894 [Price 8d.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30740526_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
