Specification of George Wakefield Fox : treating medicinal oils.

  • Fox, George Wakefield.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Specification of George Wakefield Fox : treating medicinal oils. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 Specification. Fox's Improvements in Treating Medicinal Oils. seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to he performed in and by the following statement :— My Invention relates to the castor oil, cod liver oil, or other oil employed for medicinal purposes and more particularly in cases where 5 the oil is required to be swallowed, and consists of a method of treating or preparing the said oil or oils, the object of the said treatment being to neutralise or disguise the nauseous properties possessed in a greater or lesser degree by all the said oils, and thereby to render the said oils more palatable. 10 When carrying my said Invention into effect I operate upon the said oil as for example, cod liver oil, either in its ordinary ^ commercial ” state or after being more or less purified or refined by any of the ordinary processes or by any process suitable to the subsequent treatment of the said oil, the form or condition of the purified or refined oil which I have 15 found to be suitable being that known as the “ etherised.” I take the said oil in either of the said forms or conditions, and I mix therewith a sweet syrup made from honey, sugar, malt, some descriptions of fruit, or from other saccheriferous materials capable of yielding a sweet and wholesome syrup, and I also mix therewith a portion of 20 fruit or vegetable acid, as for example, citric or tartaric acid, lemon or lime juice, or other suitable acid ; and I also mix therewith a portion of aromatic, essential oil, tincture, or essence, such as will impart to the said mixture an agreeable flavour, as for example, of lemon, citron, orange, cinnamon, cloves, anniseed, peppermint, or almond, or in 25 lieu of the oils, tinctures, or essences obtained from the natural spice or fruit I use artificial preparations, as for example, the artificial essence of pine apple or of other fruit. In selecting any of the afore-mentioned substances I prefer to use such as will be wholesome and will not inter¬ fere with the beneficial action of the oil, or I select such as are con- 30 sidered to have a beneficial action on the human system. The sweet syrup or syrups, the acid or acids, ami the flavouring matter or matters selected from those indicated herein-before may be combined with the oil m various proportions to suit the tastes or requirements of different consumers, as for example, in the preperation of oil specially adapted to 35 be consumed by infants, the proportion of sweet syrup may be increased and the proportion of acid be reduced as compared with the proportions employed when preparing oil adapted to be consumed by adults. The proportions of the ingredients in a preperation which I have found to be