'Diatetics'. John Lawson Johnston (d1900), Scottish born businessman. In about 1863 Johnston developed a beef extract, at first known as 'liquid beef' but later named 'Bovril', a named derived of Bos, the Latin for Ox, and Vrilya, the life force in The Coming Race a novel by Bulwer Lytton. He victualled armies and helped provision three Polar expeditions. Cartoon by 'Spy', pseudonym of Leslie Ward (1851-1922) British painter and caricaturist, from Vanity Fair. (London, 18 February 1897). Chromolithograph.