Saccharine,
or, as it is known to the chemists, benzoy). sulphonic imide. It is not a sugar, and contains no nutriment, but passes out of the body unchanged. Hence it has been hoped that its use may be permitted in many diseases where sugar is absolutely inadmissible. Saccharine was some time ago discovered in Australia, but, strange to say, it was not patented until recently. It has a far sweeter taste than cane sugar, with a slight taste of bitter almonds, and is quite harmless to animal life, having been administered to dogs in considerable quantities without injurious effects. Looking back over the last quarter of a century we cannot help wondering what the next 25 or 30 years will briDg forth in the way of invention and discovery. Already
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Otago Witness, Issue 1894, 9 March 1888, Page 36
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130Saccharine, Otago Witness, Issue 1894, 9 March 1888, Page 36
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