Medical Reports 
ON 
PHTHISIS, 
PNEUMONIA 
AND 
ALLIED DISEASES. INTRODUCTORY. 
Having been frequently solicited, by the medical 
friends and advocates of the Meat-Juice, to make 
known to them, and to the practice generally, such 
results as have been had from the employment of the 
preparation in special cases; it has been determined 
to meet this requirement by issuing a series of 
brochures, containing medical reports, regarding the 
use of the Meat-Juice in various directions. 
From a large body of testimony, therefore, there 
has been selected for reproduction, in the following 
pages, authoritative evidence concerning the value of 
the Meat-Juice, as a nutrient, in the treatment of 
Phthisis, Pneumonia and Allied Diseases. 
In acknowledging the many obligations under 
which I have been constantly placed,—through corre- 
spondence and otherwise,—I beg that there shall be 
no abatement in the interest by Physician and Sur- 
geon in offering me suggestions regarding any fur- 
ther usefulness of the Meat-Juice;—or, in tendering 
me other valued reports of cases. For, it has fre- 
quently occurred that hints vouchsafed me by one 
observant practitioner have constituted answers to 2 
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the inquiries of another,—and, reported eases illus- 
trating the nutritive power and energy of the Meat- 
Juice,—as in the prolonged sustaining of life,—have 
been found to fulfil a great desire. 
I hope and believe that the form in which these and 
other reports will be submitted, may be acceptable to 
the busy practitioner. Should he,—upon an examina- 
tion of the testimony presented,—wish to be put in 
possession of any other evidence from the use of my 
product, and, in a different direction; it will be my 
pleasure,—when advised,—-to furnish it; or, to respond 
to such inquiries as he may prefer to make. Respectfully submitted to the Medical Profession. 
Medical Reports 
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VALENTINE'S MEAT-JUICE 
AS A NUTRIENT IN 
PHTHISIS, 
PNEUMONIA 
AND 
ALLIED DISEASES. CHARACTER 
VALENTINE’S MEAT-JUICE. 
Valentine’s Meat-Juice is the pure juice of the 
best beef,—concentrated. Extracted from the flesh by 
a special process, it holds all of the important soluble 
constituents in an unchanged condition; the albumen, 
along with haemoglobin, being preserved unaltered in 
the solution. 
It can be retained and digested without an effort, 
arrd absolutely, by the most delicate stomach. 
When a highly concentrated and energetic nutrient 
is demanded, in an emergency, the Meat-Juice can be 
prepared immediately, merely by the addition of cold 
water,—one teaspoonful in two or three tablespoon- 
fuls of water. 
That the Meat-Juice may be relied on, for its power 
and safety in restoring and sustaining the sick, and in 
maintaining the convalescent, is made to fully appear 
from the endorsements of eminent physicians and sur- 
geons of Europe and America, who have thoroughly 
and critically tested it with their patients. STATEMENTS 
Made at the request ff Medical Profession. 
The -use of the Meat-Juice does not interfere with 
the administration of any medicines, but it would not 
be advisable to mix acids or alcoholic liqucfrs with it, 
as its character may be altered and its nourishing 
qualities impaired. Take the Meat-Juice, therefore, 
a short time before or after remedies* The use of hot 
water with the Meat-Juice changes its character and 
impairs its value. 
The use of seasoning for the Meat-Juice has been 
wholly abstained from, leaving to tho medica adviser 
all directions in this respect required for the sick. 
Whenever the stomach, from irritability fails to 
retain either food or medicines, the Meat-Juice may 
be employed to prepare that organfortheir reception. 
The time for using the Meat-Juice, besides during 
illness,—just before or after meals; on rising in the 
morning with a feeling of debility; or, on retiring at 
night and not disposed to sleep. 
To take the Meat-Juice, rendering it a grateful 
drink, use cool water with it, or, if desired, crushed 
ice. 
The Meat-Juice may be warmed over a water 
bath to the temperature of 130° F.—but, as this re- 
quires great care, heating it should be done only when 
absolutely necessary. 
Where cod-liver oil is objectionable to the taste or STATEMENTS. 
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the stomach use the Meat-Juice in it, as it commends 
the oil to acceptance and digestion. 
The Meat-Juice may be administered with Arrow- 
root or Corn-Starch, by preparing the mucilage in the 
usual way, and then stirring the Meat-Juice into it, 
after it has cooled down to 130° F. 
A very pleasant and inviting Jelly may be made for 
the sick with the Meat-Juice, by dissolving gelatine 
in water, and adding the Meat-Juice. Chicken broth 
will be improved by the addition of Meat-Juice. 
"When the condition of the sick justifies a change 
from the Meat-Juice to the use of other diet, stale 
bread crumbled in the preparation renders it savory, 
while it constitutes a safe advance toward solid food. 
In the administration of the Meat-Juice by enema 
the directions are the same as when taken by the 
stomach, except that the quantity should be larger. 
The Meat-Juice can be used hypodermically. 
The Meat-Juice has now for years been subjected 
to the heat, and to the fluctuations of different cli- 
mates without change in its character. CASES OP PHTHISIS. 
Dublin, Ireland. 
A gentleman under my care for advanced Phthisis, 
about a month ago refused all treatment, as he be- 
lieved he was dying and that I could do nothing for 
him. He was so ill that he could not leave his bed 
and refused all kinds of nourishment, as he said him- 
self it was useless. I thought it an admirable oppor- 
tunity to try Valentine’s Meat-Juice, and after 
considerable difficulty induced him to take one bottle. 
I can truly say that in a couple of days he appeared 
to be a new man and was able to get up and carry 
out gaseous rectal injections, which he had discontinued 
for sometime in consequence of his extreme debilit}7. 
That it tided my patient over a few days of con- 
siderable depression associated with extreme debility 
I have no doubt, and, as I believe it is a valuable 
preparation I hope on future occasions to give it 
a more extended trial. 
CHARLES H. ROBINSON, M. D., 
Fellow and Examiner in Materia Medica, Royal College cf 
Surgeons. Member of the College of Physicians. Lecturer 
Ledwich School of Medicine. 
St. Louis, Mo. 
I tested Valentine’s Meat-Juice in a case of Incip- 
ient Consumption. I found it reliable and a valuable 
preparation, and have since prescribed it with good 
results and cheerfully recommend it to the Profession. 
0. F. POTTER, M. D. 10 
PHTHISIS. 
London, England. 
Valentine’s Meat-Juice has been found by me to 
be beneficial in many cases of Phthisis and Atonic 
Dyspepsia; relieving the stomach of that irritability 
caused by solid food,—with its consequent decompo- 
sition. I have great pleasure in recommending it to 
the consideration of those who have many cases of 
Phthisis under their care. 
M. CURSHAM CORNER, 
Vis. Med. Officer, Tower Hamlets Dispensary, and Lying-in 
Hospital, Shadwell, London. 
Tallahassee, Florida. 
My experience with Valentine’s Meat-Juice lias 
been sufficient to convince me of its superiority over 
all other beef preparations for the sick and invalid. 
I was aware of the popularity of the preparation 
at the North, having seen it in the hands of Northern 
invalids visiting Florida. I have used the Meat- 
Juice principally in Pulmonary Diseases, but it is 
equally efficacious as a nutrient in all cases where a 
supporting treatment is necessary and concentrated 
food is indicated. 
GEO. W. BETTON, M. D. 
Michigan Asylum for Insane,) 
Kalamazoo, Mich. f 
We have tested Valentine’s Meat-Juice in the case 
of a lady suffering from Phthisis, with a very capri- 
cious and irritable stomach. In this case it was taken 
with evident relish, and well borne by the stomach. PHTHISIS. 
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As regards its flavor, it is certainly in marked and 
agreeable contrast with many concentrated prepara- 
tions of meat. 
E. H. YANDEUSEN, M. D., 
Medical Superintendent. 
Home for Consumptives, \ 
Philadelphia, Penn.] 
Valentine’s Meat-Juice lias been of great service 
to ns in cases where the patients were unable to take 
solid food and refused ordinary beef tea. The great 
advantage in my experience has been that Phthisis 
and Fever Patients prefer cold drinks; and, as your 
preparation is best administered cold, I can cordially 
recommend it as the most superior article of the kind 
I have had in use. 
W. S. HEATON, M. D. 
London, England. 
Valentine’s Meat-Juice has been very serviceable 
in two cases of Phthisis, complicated with severe 
Haemoptysis. I found, in both cases, the great ad- 
vantage of being able to administer the Meat-Juice 
in iced water. In one case, the patient took nothing else for 
nearly a fortnight. 
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE, M. D., 
F. R. C. S. 
Darkehmen, Germany. 
I consider Valentine’s Meat-Juice the most pal- 
atable of all yet known meat preparations. It was 
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I prescribed it, and invariably with a very decidedly 
reviving and refreshing effect. The first case in which 
I used it was with a child of two years, suffering from 
sevei'e Inflammation of the Lungs, the patient being 
extremely emaciated. Under the influence of the 
Meat-Juice the child’s strength soon returned, the 
expectoration came more freely and the child soon 
recovered. Further, I saw the remarkable influence 
of the preparation in the case of a man suffering with 
Lingering Consumption. He was subject to sudden 
attacks of intense prostration, which could not be 
relieved by wine or by peptic preparations, as the 
patient had an aversion to both. A few teaspoonfnls 
of Valentine’s Meat-Juice restored his strength in 
the most surprising manner.' After this I tried the 
Meat-Juice in two cases of Gastro-Duodinal Catarrh, 
in which cases all food previously given had been im- 
mediately rejected; but Valentine’s Meat-Juice 
seemed to be the only nourishment which was retained 
in the stomach without creating nausea. The last 
case which I have to report was that of a lady who 
suffered from fatty degeneration of the heart, accom- 
panied by frequent attacks of prostration and mental 
depression. Upon my recommendation, she ordered 
the Meat-Juice and is now using it with much relish 
and great benefit. My conviction, supported by ex- 
perience, is that Valentine’s Meat-Juice is an excel- 
lent nourishment in all cases of prostration, in which 
it becomes necessary to administer to the patient the 
most powerful nourishment in the most concentrated 
form. 
Dr. Med. H. C. SALOMON. PHTHISIS. 
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Johnshayen, Scotland. 
I tried Valentine’s Meat-Juice in a case of Disease 
of the Throat, when solid food could not be taken, 
and have much pleasure in informing you, that after 
watching carefully its effect on the patient I found it 
to be a great strength sustainer. It also imparted, 
every time it was administered, a comfortable, exhila- 
rating feeling, which lasted a considerable length of 
time. I am of the opinion that Valentine’s Meat- 
Juice is a most valuable preparation especially so to 
all who suffer exhaustion from severe disease; and is 
certainly destined to take a high place in therapeutics. 
DAVID SMITH, M. D., 
L. E. C. R, L. E. C. S. 
Rostock, Germany. 
I have employed Valentine’s Meat-Juice with 
several patients who suffered with dyspeptic symp- 
toms, Consumption of the Bowels as well as Tuber- 
culous Lungs. The Meat-Juice was well retained by 
all of them, calculated to stimulate the appetite, and 
conveys the impression of being an easily assimilated 
dietetic article. 
Dr Med. L. SCHEEL. 
Philadelphia, Penn. 
I prescribed Valentine’s Meat-Juice to a lady 
suffering with Phthisis Pulmonalis. She was very 
emaciated and suffered terribly with indigestion, as 
an annoying complication, making it impossible for 
her to eat or even smell meat in any form, even beef 
tea nauseating her. She greatly enjoyed the Meat- 
Juice and digested it well. I am now using the pre- 14 
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paration for a babe ten months old, which after get- 
ting over an attack of congestion of the brain, 
followed by summer complaint, contracted a severe 
cold, resulting in Catarrhal Pneumonia, complicated 
greatly by mal-assimilation of food, vomiting and 
anorexia, etc. So great was the little sufferer’s disgust 
with food that she could not be induced to take more 
than a gill every twenty-four hours, in consequence of 
which she became so weak in her exhausting disease 
that it seemed that she must slip from our fingers at 
any minute. I mixed the Meat-Juice with milk and 
liquor and injected the mixture at regular intervals 
into the rectum, feeding besides milk with lime water 
and liquor by mouth in such minute quantities as the 
baby would willingly drink. Almost immediately the 
baby improved, fought her lung trouble with greater 
strength and at the present moment her condition 
seems very encouraging, although she is by no means 
out of danger. 
LOUIS VON COTZHAUSEN, M. D., Ph. G. 
Leith, Scotland. 
In a case of Phthisis Pulmonalis, in which I used 
Valentine’s Meat-Juice, the patient liked it and was 
able to take it with benefit when, owing to Diarrhoea, 
she could not take ordinary beef tea. It is palatable, 
pleasant and easily prepared. 
GEO. M. JOHNSTON, M. D., 
M. B., C. M. 
St. Louis, Mo. 
It is with great pleasure that I testify to the great 
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gives new hope, strength and life to the debilitated 
Consumptive patient, old or young. Without doubt 
it is invaluable. There is no preparation of beef equal 
to it. 
T. P. DAVISON, M. D. 
Glasgow, Scotland. 
I have used Valentine’s Meat-Juice mj-self and 
found it in every way a satisfactory preparation. It 
has all of the virtues-and none of the unpleasantness 
cf raw meat extract. I have used it in cases of great 
debility arising from Pulmonary Disease, Diarrhoea, 
etc., and have always found it a most valuable article 
of diet. The fact that it is a highly concentrated food, 
requiring no preparation beyond a little cold water, 
renders it most convenient for use in a sick room. 
C. W. STEWART, M. D., 
Surg. Anderson College Dispensary. 
Jedburgh, Scotland. 
I have used Valentine’s Meat-Juice in several 
cases of senile debility and D3’spepsia of Phthisis 
with very satisfactor\r results. 
WM. BLAIR, M. D. 
Bremen, Germany. 
In cases of Acute Lung and Heart Diseases, where 
the patients have no appetite Valentine’s Meat- 
Juice does excellent service. It gives appetite and 
strengthens without troubling the stomach, and in 
this respect it stands superior to all others. 
Dr. MAX SCHAEFFER, 
Practising Physician. 16 
PHTHISIS. 
London, England. 
I prescribe Valentine’s Meat-Juice largely and 
have done so, for the last three or four years, very 
greatly to the benefit of my patients and my own 
satisfaction. I always fly to it if out of sorts myself 
or if any of my family are ill. It certainly helped one 
of my little boys considerably when suffering with 
Tubercular Meningitis, as he could not take anything 
else in the shape ot nourishment. 
WM. OWEN, M. D., M. R. C. S. 
London, England. 
I find Valentine’s Meat-Juice especially beneficial 
and nutritious to Consumptive and Debilitated per- 
sons. 
J. C. ROBERTS, M. D., 
L. B. C. S., M. B. C. S., A. M. 
Chiswick, England. 
I have used Valentine’s Meat-Juice in a case of 
Phthisis with Haemoptysis, and it appeared to 
revive the patient in a marked degree, and to act as 
a cardiac tonic. 
JAMES TILY, M. D , L. R. C. P. 
Delgany, Ireland. 
I can with every confidence after fair trial recom- 
mend Valentine’s Meat-Juice in cases of debility, 
and have found most satisfactory and beneficial 
results from its use by those laboring from Pulmonary 
Consumption. H. P. BROWNE, 
F-R. C. S. K, M. K. Q. C. P. I., L. M. 
Medical Officer and Medical Officer oj Health, Delgany Dis- 
trict, Raihdown Union, Surgeon R. 1. C. and Admiralty 
Station, Greystones. CASES OF PNEUMONIA. 
Boston, England. 
In two very serious cases, I have tried Valentine’s 
Meat-Juice, with satisfactory results. One, was 
that of a professional colleague of mine; who was 
nearly dead, from a severe attack of double Pneumo- 
nia ; I believe that his recovery was mainly due to the 
restorative powers of the Meat-Juice; along with 
large doses of stimulants. The other case was a hos- 
pital patient, who could retain no form of nourish- 
ment, until I tried the Meat-Juice with ice; which 
suited admirably, and kept the patient alive. I shall 
always use Valentine’s Meat-Juice in serious cases, 
in future. 
A. MERCER ADAM, M. D., 
L. II. C. S, Surgeon Boston Hospital. 
Chester, England. 
I have tried Valentine’s Meat-Juice on several 
severe cases of Pneumonia, and other diseases; and, 
it has appeared to sustain the strength well, at criti- 
cal times. I shall most certainly recommend it. 
ALFRED MACPHERSON, M. B., C. M., 
House Surgeon, Chester General Infirmary. 
Liverpool, England. 
I administered Valentine’s Meat-Juice to mv- 
little boy, (age four years,) who had an attack of 
Catarrhal Pneumonia. Half a teaspoonful, in a 
tablespoonful of water, was given four or five times a 18 
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day; and, an extra dose on exhaustion after exertion 
in coughing, or being at stool. The stimulating and 
strengthening effect was very evident; and, he has 
made a speedy recovery. Taking into account, the 
palatabletiess 1 the number of doses in what appears 
to be a small bottle; the price; and, above all, the ex- 
cellent effects of the Meat-Juice; I am oound candidly 
to say; that, it is in my opinion the best of such pre- 
parations, which, I have yet employed. 
ARCHIBALD D. MACDONALD, M. D., C. M. 
Banbridge, Co. Down, Ireland. 
I have had recently under treatment, two very 
serious cases; in which, I believe, very great benefit 
resulted from the use of Valentine’s Meat-Juice. 
The first, a case of persistent and inveterate Hiccough, 
lasting over fourteen days, with very short intervals 
of freedom. It was ushered in by congestion of 
mucous membrane of stomach and considerable 
Hasmatemesis with alarming prostration; the result 
of a chill, in an old, gouty patient, aged 86 years. 
For two days, he had very little other nutriment than 
Valentine’s Meat-Juice,—which he liked,—and, I 
believe, it sustained the vital powers, and tided him 
over a period of very great danger. He is now quite 
recovered. The second, was a case of extensive 
Pneumonia of the right lung, in a middle-aged lady; 
with chronic tubercular mischief, and a cavity in the 
apex of the lung. The latter had been more or less 
dormant for several years, but, a severe wetting and 
chill had induced the Pneumonia and lighted up the 
old mischief; and, there was very great prostration 
for several days. The Meat-Juice suited her admira- PNEUMONIA. 
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bly; it was found most agreeable and invigorating; 
and, gave a wonderful fillip to the vital powers; and 
largely helped the patient out of a very critical con- 
dition. 
JOHN HAWTHORNE, M. D., 
L. R. C. S. 
Baltimore, Md. 
I have recently used Valentine’s Meat-Juice with 
one of my children who was extremely ill with 
Pneumonia complicated with persistent vomiting. 
As usual it was very successful and the child is now 
well. I consider it the best preparation of meat that 
can be offered to the Profession. 
GEO. G. BREWER, M. D. 
London, Eng. 
I have used Valentine’s Meat-Juice with admira- 
ble results in severe cases of Pneumonia and aggra- 
vated Dyspepsia. I quite regard it as a sheet-anchor 
in my practice. 
GEO. M. BIRD, 
M.R.C.S., L.S.A. 
New York, N. Y. 
Valentine’s Meat-Juice is especially useful in cases 
of continued fever and Pneumonia in very young 
children, when all other nourishment is refused. 
A. S. D10SSY, M D. 
Manchester, Eng. 
My little boy was suffering from extreme prostra- 
tion due to Pneumonia concurrently with acute 20 
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Bright’s Disease. Fortunately the Meat-Juice reached 
me at the time and I was surprised at the stimulating 
effect of even the first dose. I think it a very valuable 
remedy in great prostration and one that children 
take very well. 
C. HOLMES, M. D., 
L. E. C. P. 
Ardmore, Ireland. 
I tested Valentine’s Meat-Juice in a case of great 
debility after a severe attack of Pneumonia and found 
it a most valuable preparation. 
J. W. WILLIAMS, M. D., 
M. Ch.t Med. Officer of Health and Med. Officer Ardmore Disp. 
Windermere, Eng. 
I have used Valentine’s Meat-Juice in several 
cases of Gastric Ulcer, and given in acid water I con- 
sider it invaluable. I have also given it in cases of 
Pneumonia with the best results. If I had an attack 
of either of the above diseases I would not be with- 
out it and would consider it my sheet-anchor. 
THOS. DOBSON, M. D., 
M. R. C. S. 
Newry, Ireland. 
I used Valentine’s Meat-Juice in a case of infan- 
tile acute Pneumonia with the most satisfactory 
results. I believe it to be the best preparation of 
meat I have used. 
J. H. LIGHTBOURNE, M. D., 
L. R. C. S. J. CASES OF BRONCHITIS. 
Rugby, England. 
I have tested Valentine’s Meat-Juice in my own 
case acute Bronchitis subsequently Pleuritis super- 
vening. My responsible duties not permitting the rest 
and care needed, my illness and debility have continued 
almost up to the present date, my recovery having 
been, however, greatly aided by Valentine’s Meat- 
Juice. I can most conscientiously aver that of all the 
meat preparations, of which I have any personal or 
clinical experience, I know none for invalids at all 
comparable with. Valentine’s Meat-Juice as to 
nutritiousness and appetizing flavor. I cannot con- 
ceive it possible for any meat-consuming person, how- 
ever fastidious his tastes, whether in health or disease, 
to dislike the flavor of Valentine’s Meat-Juice, and 
it is no less nutritive than savory. In all maladies, in 
which a fluid meat diet is admissible, this most excel- 
lent preparation may undoubtedly be administered 
with decided benefit. I shall certainly feel it incum- 
bent on me to recommend its administration in all 
cases and conditions, wherein suitable and obtain- 
able—from having myself derived such marked benefit 
from its adoption in an all but lethal case. 
T. OSBORNE WALKER, 
M. R. C S., L S. A., dc. 22 
BRONCHITIS. 
London, England. 
I have much pleasure in testifying to the excellence 
of Valentine’s Meat-Juice. I have used the prepa- 
ration for some years, and have had many patients 
living upon it entirely, for varying periods. 
In one case of extreme exhaustion from Bronchitis, 
an old lady patient of mine 84 years of age recovered 
her strength and lived upon Valentine’s Meat-Juice 
for 6 weeks, taking no other nourishment during that 
time. It is palatable, easily digestible and being so 
concentrated, can be administered where a larger bulk 
of fluid is impossible to be retained. It is in every re- 
spect most useful and all that is claimed for it. 
A. G. BATEMAN, M. D., &c., 
Honorable Secretary Therapeutical Society. 
New York, N. Y. 
I have used Valentine’s Meat-Juice with patients 
suffering from Bronchitis, weak stomach and Peri- 
tonitis, and the results were very satisfactory. 
J. M. FENWICK, M. D. 
Munich, Germany. 
I have personally used Valentine’s Meat-Juice, as 
well as employed it with the best results in several 
cases in my practice. It is especially suitable for those 
having fevers of any kind, particularly in infectious 
diseases, which are mostly accompanied by loss of 
appetite; as well as in all sickness, in which from still 
other causes, the acceptability of nourishment is im- 
paired ; as through troubles in swallowing (Diphtheria, 
Angina, Stenosis of the .^Esophagus); as well as with BRONCHITIS. 
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chronic patients and convalescents, who suffer from 
the greatest loss of appetite. The extremely palat- 
able preparation is readily taken with wine or in 
water or in soup and acts as an easily-digested 
dietetic article of restorative effect. 
DR. G. YON HOESSELIN, 
Royal Staff Physician. SPECIAL NOTICE. 
In the production of the Meat-Juice the best 
material is used, intelligent and experienced labor is 
employed, and there is every assurance that the purity 
and identity of my product will be maintained and 
continued, 
The Meat-Juice is put up in bottles of only on' 
size and form—a two-ounce, oval, amber-colored bot 
tie. This bottle has two labels; on one of them is 
printed my signature; and on the other my “ Trade 
Mark,” and the directions for using the Meat-Juice. 
The Meat-Juice is sold from the Works, in thi 
city, in quantity only; but, it may be obtained fron 
the druggists, wholesale and retail, throughout the 
United States and Canada; the countries of Europe 
and South America, and China,Japan,and Australia, 
MANN S. VALENTINE, 
Proprietor of Valentine’s Meat-Juice, 
Richmond. Virginia, U. S. A. VALENTINE’S MEAT-JUICE. 
ESTABLISHED 1871. 
BY 
MANN S. VALENTINE, 
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, U. S. A Valentine’s Meat Juice Co., Medical reports on... Meat-juice 
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