Fleckenwasser, Englisches (English cleansing fluid for removing acid, resin, wax, tar, and grease spots.) A mixture of 95 per cent. alcohol, 100 grammes; liq. ammon., sp. gr. ·875, 30 grammes; benzine, 4 grammes. (Artus.)
FLEISCH-EXTRACT-LIQUEUR (Eau de Vie Alimenteuse—Extract of Meat Liqueur—Aqua Vitæ Incarnativa) (A. Hensel, Berlin). A beautiful red spicy liquor, leaving, when distilled, 32 per cent. of solid matter. This residue contains in 100 parts (besides anilin-red), resin and extractive (partly from ginger and partly from cinnamon), 31⁄4; sugar, 271⁄2; extract of meat, 11⁄4. (Hager.)
Fleisch-Extract-Syrup (Syrup of Extract of Meat) (Meyer, Berk). Blood-serum made into a syrup with sugar. (Hager.)
FLEISCHFASER-ZWIEBACK FÜR HUNDE—Fibrin Dog Biscuits (New York). Said to be made of pure meal, fibrin, dates, and other ingredients, and recommended as an excellent food for dogs. According to the prospectus its use makes all other foods unnecessary, as it gives the animals peculiar endurance, strong muscles, and sound bones. The directions for use say that it is most advantageously given in its unprepared form, as dry, heavy, hard cakes, and only in case it is refused should it be softened for a short time in cold water. According to the analysis performed in the laboratory of the Poppelsdorf Agricultural Academy the proportion of nitrogenous to non-nitrogenous ingredients is 1 to 3·70. Microscopic analysis detects the presence of dried fibrin, and also a considerable admixture of structureless hyaline cartilaginous matter. From this it follows that the nitrogen revealed by analysis does not all represent protein or fibrin, and that the proportion which arises from indigestible gelatinous matter will be of smaller value. (Dr E. Kern.)
FLESH. Syn. Caro, L. The muscular substances of animals; the softer, solid portions of the body, as distinguished from the bones and fluids. See Fibrin, Food, &c.
Flesh-brush. This simple instrument is used for exciting the cutaneous circulation. Those which have the bristles set on a leather back are esteemed the best. The flesh-glove or hair flesh-rubber is a useful modification of the common flesh-brush. Those manufactured by Messrs Savory and Moore, in imitation of the Indian kheesah or mitten, are superior to all others. In the absence of both flesh-brush and glove, a rough towel wound round the hand is no bad substitute. See Friction.
FLIEGENPAPIER, GIFTFREIES—Non-Poisonous Fly Papers (Bergmann & Co., Rochlitz). Contains abundance of arsenious acid. (Hager.)
FLIEGENPULVER—Fly Powder (Baumann, now Markel, Austria). 93 to 94 per cent. of dry sandy ferruginous clay (ordinary loam) saturated with a decoction of some bitter substance, as quassia or gentian. (Hager.)
FLIES. See Fly.
FLIP. See Egg Flip.