240       Examination  of  a  Cure  for  Love  of  Liquor.  {AmMay;r'18>7h7arm 
The  reason  for  the  different  behavior  of  adulterated  oils  is  found  in  the 
fact  that  pure  cacao  butter  when  subjected  to  this  test  separates  from  its 
solution  in  minute  granular  crystals,  which  are  gradually  formed,  while 
animal  fats,  under  the  same  circumstances,  congeal  at  once  and  "  en 
masse."  When,  therefore,  mixtures  of  these  fats  are  tested  in  this 
way,  the  animal  fat  will  separate  at  once,  causing  a  turbidity,  and 
thereby  delaying  or  obscuring  the  formation  of  the  small  crystals  of 
cacao  butter. 
The  opaqueness  of  sophisticated  oil,  when  the  mixtures  are  left  at 
580  F.,  seems  to  be  due  to  the  insolubility  of  animal  fat  in  ether  or 
benzin  at  that  temperature,  remaining  undissolved  in  the  clear  solution 
of  cacao  butter,  and  thus  indicating  even  a  minute  quantity  of  such 
adulteration. 
EXAMINATION  OF  A  CURE  FOR  LOVE  OF  LIQUOR. 
By  John  M.  Maisch. 
During  the  winter  of  1873-74,  I  received  a  small  sample  of  a  white 
powder,  accompanied  by  a  printed  slip,  stating  that  the  powders  had 
been  known  in  Germany  for  a  long  period  as  "  Das  wunderbare  Beil- 
mittel,"  the  wonderful  remedy,  and  that  they  had  been  the  acknowl- 
edged instrument  of  rescuing  many  thousands  from  the  graves  of  drunk- 
ards.   Regarding  their  effects  and  use  the  directions  stated  : 
u  The  peculiar  effect  of  this  remedy  is  to  gradually  remove  that  terrible  knawing 
sensation  of  the  vitals  spoken  of  5  imparting  by  its  action  a  natural,  healthful  tone 
and  vigor  to  the  whole  nervous  system,  and  promoting  a  desire  for  hearty,  generous 
food,  which  should  be  freely  supplied.  Soups,  stews  or  roasts  of  oysters,  clams  or 
other  shell  fish,  have  proved  to  be  very  valuable  allies  with  the  action  of  the  pow- 
ders. Hot  coffee  or  tea,  with  their  smoking  aromatic  odors  greeting  the  appetite 
of  the  patient  on  first  rising  in  the  morning,  or  when  coming  to  reason  after  a  de- 
bauch, have,  in  very  many  instances,  aided  the  remedy  in  its  good  work,  and  as- 
sisted in  warding  off  desires  for  alcoholic  stimulants. 
u  These  powders  are  so  compounded  that  (being  first  dissolved)  they  may  be  ad- 
ministered in  coffee,  tea  or  ordinary  drink  to  the  person  whom  it  is  desired  shall  be 
cured,  and  should  be  given  during  his  or  her  sober  intervals.1' 
The  originator  was  one  Dr.  Henry  Zell,  who  sold  them  at  first  at 
the  rate  of  $3.00  per  dozen,  but  cc  with  the  view  of  doing  greater  good 
to  a  greater  number,"  offered  them  then  at  $1.00  per  dozen,  or  $5-00 
for  six  dozen. 
It  had  been  the  intention  to  make  a  quantitative  analysis,  but  an  ap- 
