The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-10-31
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THE TRUE DIGESTTHEF FLUID,
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A Great Dyspepsia curer, Prepared from
RENNEr, or the fourth Stomach Of the Ok,
after directions of Baron Liebig, the great
Physiological Chemist, by, ]. s.. Houghton,
M. D.; No.ii, North Eighth Street, Phila-
Tfhis is truly wonderful remedy for Indi.
gestion, Dyspepsia, Jandice, Liver Com
plant, Constipation, and Debility, Curing
after Natures own method, by Natures own
agent, the Gastric Juice.
m Half spoonful of this Fluid, infused
in w,,,er. will digest or dissolve, Fus Pounds
Of Roas, BEEF in about ttro hours, out Of the
stomach. -
Digestion is Chiefly performed IN the
stomach BY the aid OF a fluid which freely
exudes from the inner coat ri that organ,
| when in a state OF health, ca.led ne 1aslfic
Juice. This fluid is the Great solvent OF me
Food, the Purifying, Preserving, ano Sunc'a.
ting Agent of the stomach and inte1s.nes.
Without il there will be no digestion, ,-iio
conversion of food into blood, aud no nu.
triton of the body but rather foul, torpid,
painful, and destructive condition of the
whole digestive apparatus. A weak, halt
dead, or injured stomach produces no good
Gastric Juice, and hence the disease, dis
tres and debility which ensue.
PEpsIN AND RENNET.-Pepsn is tho chief
element. or great Digestng Principle OF the
Gastric Juice. Ii is found in great abun-
dance III the solid parts of the human stom-
ach after de ith, and sometimes causes the
stomach 10 digest itself, or eat itself up. II
is also found in the stomach of animals, as
the OK, calf, sc. II is the material used by
| -, ,,,t; oba calIaI Rannaf
the effect of which has long been the spe.
clal wonder of the dairy. The curdliug OF
milk is the first process of digestion. Rem
net possesses astonishing power. The stom.
ach of calf will curde nearly one thou
sand times lis own weight of milk. Baron
Liebig states that, 'One psft of Pepsin dis.
solved in sixty thousand parts Of water, will
digest meat aud other food" Diseased
stomachs produce no good Gastric Juice
Rennet or Pepsin. To show that this want
may be perfectly supplied, Wa quote the
following
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE!
BARON LIEBIo, in Lis celebrated work on
Animal Chemistry, says: Gan Artificial Di'
gesiive Fluid analogous to the Gastric Juice
may be readily prepared from the mucous
; membrane of the stomach of the CALI in
which various articles of food, as meat and
, eggs will be softened, changed, and diges
' ted, Just in the same manner as they woult
be in The human stomach"
DR.. Pereira in his famous treatise OF
1 ''Food and Diet" published By Fowlers S
3 Wells, New York, page 35 states the same
great fact and describes the method of prep
: aration. There are few higher authorize.
than DR.. Pereira.
: DR. Combe, ip his valuable writings OF
t the "Physiology of Digestion" observes
that IA diminution of the due quantity o
the Gastric Juice is a prominent and all pre-
vailing cause of Dyspepsia )" and he state.
that ia distinguished professor of medicine
in London, who was severely afflicted will
:l,is complaint. finding every thing else tc
ira;, hal recourse 10 The Gastric Juice, oh
tanned from tic stomach of living animals
which proved completely successful"
DR.. Graham, author OF ne famous works
on vegetable Diet" says: ''it is a remar
kable fact in physiology, that the Sfomach'
of animals, macerated in water, impa.! 10
articles Of food, and of effecting a kind oi
artificial digestion of them in no wise dir.
| fe- e-ent from The natural digestive process"
DR.. Simon's great work, the "Chemistry
of Man." flea g. Blanchard, Phila.. 1916,
DID. 32l.2): "The discovery of PEPSIN
70 ms new era inf the chemical history OF
Di ges,ion. From recent experiments we
kn ow that food is dissolved as rapidly in an
artificial digestive fluid, prepared from Pep.
sin, as it is i'll the natural Gastric Juice it.
self"
Professor Dunglison of the Je fferson Col
lege, Philadelphia, in his great work on Hn.
man Physiology, devotes more than fifty
pages to an examination of this subject.
His experiments with DR. Beaumont, on the
Gastric Juice, obtained from the living hL-
man stomach and from animals are well
known. SIN all cases." he says, "digestion
occurred as perfectly in the artificial as the
ass..nral, ,ligec!ions."
As DYSPEPSIA GuRER, DR. Houshton's
preparation of Pepsin has produced the
most marvellous effects, curing cases Of De-
bility, Emaciaiion, Nervous Decline, and
dispeptic Consumption, supposed to be on
the very verge of the grave. 1t is imposs-
Bile 10 give the details of cases in the limit
of this adversement-but aui henticale
certificates have been of more than fico hun
dred Remarkable Cures, in Philadelphia, New
| York, and Boston alone. These were
nearly all desperate cases, and the cures
were not only rapid and wonderful, but per
manent.
1t is a grea, Nervous Antido,e, and par
ticularly useful for tendency TO bilious dis
order, Liver Complaint, Fever and Ague, or
badly treated Fever and Ague, and the evil
effects of Quinine, Mercury, and other drugs
upon the Digestive organs, after long sick
ness. Also, for excess in eating, and the
too free use of ardent spirits. 1t almost rec.
onciles Health with lnemperance.
OLD STOMACH CoMpLAINTs.-There is no
form of Old Stomach Complaints which it
does not seem TO reach and remove at once.
No matter how bad they may be, il gives
Instant Relief! a single dose removes all
the unpleasant symptoms, and it only needs
to be repeated, for short time, 10 make
these good effects permanent. Purity of
Blood and vigor of Body, follow at once 1t
is particularly excellent in cases Of Nausea
Vomiting, Cramps, Soreness of the pit of
the Stomach, distress after eating, low. cold
state OF the Blood, HeaviLess, LOWE ess Of
Spirits, Dependency, Emancia,ion, Weak.
ess, tendency 10 Insanity, Suicide, &c.
Price, ONE DOLLAR per bottle. One
bottle will often effect lasting cure.
PEpsIN IN POWDERS,
w Sentty Mail Free Of Postage.