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liebig's  extract  of  meat. 
but  since  I  have  given  only  general,  and  not  special,  directions 
for  manufacture,  it  so  happens  that  every  one  fills  in  the  details 
after  his  own  fashion,  and  the  consequence  is  that  not  one  of 
these  extracts  is,  in  its  composition,  like  another. 
There  exists  only  two  special  directions  for  the  manufacture  of 
extract  of  meat,  the  one  in  the  Bavarian  Pharmacopoeia,  the 
other  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  Germanica,  but  these  directions  are 
not  mine. — London  Phar.  Jour.  Nov.  1866. 
Munich,  Oct.  22. 
LIEBIG'S  EXTRACT  OF  MEAT.    REMARKS  ON  THE  FORE- 
GOING. 
To  the  Editor  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal. 
Sir, — The  drift  of  Baron  Liebig's  letter  in  your  last  number 
will  scarcely,  we  think,  be  intelligible  to  those  of  your  readers 
who  are  not  aware  of  what  has  been  taking  place  in  connextion 
with  Extract  of  Meat ;  and  we  therefore  deem  it  well  to  draw 
attention  to  some  remarkable  statements  which  that  letter  con- 
tains. 
Baron  Liebig  tells  us  at  the  outset,  that  he  has  accepted  the 
office  of  Director  of  the  Scientific  Department  of  Liebig's  Ex- 
tract of  Meat  Company  Limited,  and  "  on  conditions  calculated 
to  offer  to  the  public  a  complete  guarantee  of  the  genuineness 
and  purity  of  the  Extract  manufactured  by  that  Company." 
He  further  adds  that  he  not  only  controls  the  manufacture  in 
South  America,  but  also,  its  quality  when  sold  in  Europe. 
This  is  highly  plausible:  it  is  something  like  saying — uIf 
you  wish  to  have  Extract  that  is  genuine,  buy  it  of  the  Company 
of  which  I  am  Director."  But  Baron  Liebig  goes  on  a  step 
further : 
u  It  is  extremely  difficult,"  says  he,  "as  regards  extracts  of 
meat,  the  genuineness  and  purity  of  which  is  not  discoverable 
by  the  eye,  to  protect  the  public  against  fraud  ;  all  manufacturers 
prepare  their  extract  according  to  what  they  call  '  Liebig's  pro- 
cess ; '  but  since  I  have  given  only  general  and  not  special 
directions  for  manufacture,  it  so  happens  that  every  one  fills 
in  the  details  after  his  own  fashion,  and  the  consequence  is 
