In re Trattner
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Justice.
The appellant applied for letters patent for an alleged invention relating to remedial agencies, more especially for the treatment of diseases of the lnngs, as for instance tuberculosis and like ailments.
The remedy consists of grated horse-radish boiled in honey to the consistency of a jelly, which is to be taken cold by the patient with “Balm of Gilead” as a tea. The patient should take two or three tablespoon Culs about midway between meals. The applicant states that the composition “aids to thicken the blood; relieves the anaemic condition; builds up the system;…
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