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Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 654, 16 September 1869, Page 1

Public Notices. i PABULUM VITJS, OR concentrated essence of meat; rI^HE inferior articles which are sold 1 in the colonies as Kxtracts of Meat, containing so much innutritious or gluey matter, as likewise chondrine, has induced Mr H. B. Koberts, of Wanganui, to present to the public an Extract of Meat devoid of these matters, which, although they may solidify an extract, according to the highest medical authorities, afford uo nutriment to the human system, and render the extract more liable to putrefaction. The bulk- and weight are, oi course, increased 1 y such admixture with gelatinous matters, thereby largely increasing the cost to the consumer, as the real essence is so proportionately decreased. The; superiority of the "Pabulum Vitac" above any other known preparation can be easily detected, even by the smell. One salt-spoonful of the Extract dissolved in half a pint of hot watei, and flavored with pepper and salt, makes a delicious brown soup at the cost of about five farthings. For children, the quantity of the Extract ought to be much diminished. Persons on a journey, or taking strong exercise, may with advantage take an increased quantity of the Extract. A person of weakly or debilitated constitution, will be convinced of the restorative and invigorating effect of the Pabulum Vitae by taking it twice or thrice a day for a fortnight as directed. One ounce will make eight half pints of agreeable strength. If the Extract be spread thinly on toast or bread and butter, it will be found most palatable, and persons travelling in the interior where fires cannot always be kindled, will appreciate it, particularly as it dissolves readily in cold water, and in that state makes an equally nutritious and very agreeable drink. All gravies and soups can be made or flavored and rendered more nutritious by the use of this extract.

COPY OF TESTIMONIALS. From Dr Gibson— | Wanganui, May 7th, 1869. Sir,—l have much pleasure in testi- ( fying to the nourishing properties of your Pabulum Vitaa. It is more palatI able than the generality of Extract of Meat, and I consider it a great boon to invalids and a useful adjunct to the kitchen, I am, sir, yours, &c, Geo. H. Gibson, Surgeon. H. B. Roberts, Esq. From Dr Earle, Wanganni— j Wanganui, May 13, 1869. Haying tested the Pabulum Vitro, or | Extract of Meat, made, by Mr H..8. Roberts, I have great pleasure in certifying to its merits. I consider it to be wholesome, nutritious, and easily digested. For invalids it forms one of the best articles of nourishment that we have, and I can cordially recommend it. 11. C. Earle, m.r.c.s.e.. 1.5.a., l.m. * To H. B. Roberts, Esq. From Dr Curl— Rangitikei. June 14, 1869. Dear Sir, —I have at last completed an examination of the sample of extract of meat you forwarded to me for that purpose. After submitting it to chemical and the other usual tests, I find that it is a pure extract of lean meat,"and although there are in it small particles of gelatine and albumen that can be demonstrated by chemical reagents, yet they are in less quantities than in other, samples I have submitted to analysis, and they are not sufficient in amount in your sample to be at all injurious to invalids, so long as the extract is not kept too long. I found the soluble salts of Meat to be in large proportion, and this is of importance as it is principally upon these salts that the nutritious value of extracts of meat for invalids, and those using them, depends. Your extract of Meat, or Pabulum Vita;, is therefore a valuable nutritive article of diet for appropriate cases. I am. dear sir, yours faithfully, S. M. Cukl, M.D. To iL B. Roberts, Esq. Wanganni, 16th August, 1869. Hr, —In compliance with your request I have submitted the Pabulum Vita;, or extract of Meat, prepared under your instructions, to a most careful analysis. By such analysis I ascertain that it abounds with salts of potash, a substance from which the animals mainly