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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
AUGUST NETTE, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN TAPE-WORM MEDICINES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,825, dated September 23, 1879; application filed
June 11, 1879.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, AUGUST NETTE, of the
city of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar,
in the State of Texas, have invented a new
and useful compound called "Tape-Worm
Medicine," which compound is fully described
in the following specification.
This invention relates to that class of com-
pounds used to remove tape-worms from the
human body speedily and effectually; and it
consists in a composition formed from the
fibrils of the roots of the pomegranate mixed
with water.
To prepare the tape-worm medicine, take the
fibrils of the roots of the pomegranate, gath-
ered in the months of December and January ;
scrape off the outer crust or bark of the roots,
cut up the inner rind and small fibrils, pound
and digest them for twelve hours in water in a
percolator, concoct in a water-bath, and strain
through a fine woolen cloth; place the solu-
tion in a basin until it is evaporated to the
consistency of ordinary extracts ; place the so-
lution thus evaporated upon porcelain or glass
plates in a dry chest, and let it evaporate un-
til it is perfectly dry; take it from the plates,
pulverize, and place the powder in small dry
well-corked vials.
This tape-worm medicine will not decom-
pose or be affected by age, but will retain its
efficiency for any length of time.
I claim-
A dried aqueous extract of roots of pome-
granate, prepared from the decoction and free
from fibrous matters.
AUGUST NETTE.
Witnesses:
F. WILD,
THEO. ELCHLEPP.