Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-11-25
ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC oNDERW!

OF the Ok after directions of BARON LEI
BIG, the great Physiological Chemist, BY
j. Fl. HOUGHTON, M. D., No. II,
North Eight Street, Philadelphia.
i his Is a truly wonderful REM
edy for Indigestion, Dvspep-
sia, Jaundice, Liver Com
plant, Constipation
| & Debility, curing
after Natures
own method
/ by Natures
| own agent,
| the Gastric
JUICE.
Half teaspoon full Of this fluid infused in water
will digest or dissolve Five pounds Of
Roast Beefin about two hours,
out of the stomach.
DIGESTION.
IhGES1ION is chiefly performed in the stom
- ach by the aid OF fluid which freely exudes
rom the inner coat Of that organ. when in state
OF hea'tn' called the Gastric Juice.--This fluid is
the great solvent OF the food, the Purityinp Pre-
serving and Stimulating Agent Of the stomach and
intestines. Withoutit there would be no diges
tlon-no conversion Of food into blood, and no nu.
triton Of the body; but rather foul, torpid, pain.
ful and destructive condition of the whole digestive
apparatus. weak, half dead, or injured stomach
produces no good Gastric Juice, and hence the dis
| ease, distress and debility which ensue.
fEPSIN AND RENNET.
fepsin Is the chief element, or great Digesting
Principle OF the Gastric Juice. 1t is found in great
abundance in the solid parts of the human stomach
after death, and sometimes causes the stomach to
dlgest itself, or eat itself up 1t is also found in
| tne stomach OF animals as the OK calf &c II il
the material used by farmers in making cheese,
called Kennel, the effect Of which has long been
the special wonder of the dairy. The curdfing of
mix is the first process of digestion. Rennet Dos.
sesses astonishing power. The stomach of calf
VIII curdle nearly one thousand times its own
weight OF mix Baron Leibig states that, some
part OF pepsin dissolved in sixty thousand parts of
water, will digest meat or other food" Diseased
| stomaehs produce no good Gastric Juice, Kennel
or pepsin. To show that this want may be per.
1eetly supplied, we quote the following:
| SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCEI
! BARON LElBlG in his celebrated work on
Ahinat Chemistry, says: can Artificial Digestive
| Fluid analogous to the Gastric Juice. nav he
readily prepared from the mucus membrane Of the
stomach OF the calf, in which various articles Of
TODD, as meat and eggs will be soltened, CHANGED
and dlgested just in the manner as they would
be III the human stomach
| Dr. PEREIRA, in his famous treatise OF. .sFood
and Diet" published by Fowler & Wells N. York
page SO, states the same great fact and describes
! the method OF preparation. There are few higher
authorities than DR.. Pereira.
DR.. CoMBE, in his valuable writings or the
Physiology of Digestion observes that diminution
OF the due quantity of the Gastric Juice is prom.
lnent and aliprevailing cause of Dyspepsia and he
states that distinguished professor of medicine in
London, who was very much afflicted with fhis
complaint, fnding.eyery thing else to fail had re.
course 70 the Gastric Juice, obtained from the
stomach Of living animals, which proved complete
ly successful.
DR.. GRAHAM, author of the famous works on
Vegetable Diet says that it is remarkable fact in
physiology thathe stomachs of animals mac erated in
water lpart to the fluid the property of dissovng
various articles OF food and of etfectng kind Of
artificial digestion of them in no wise different from
| the natural digestive properties
| Dr SiMON'S great work, the Chemistry of
Man, (Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia 1916, DID,
s2l-2) says: "The discovery of Pepsin forms a
new era in the chemical history Of digestion From
recent experiments we know that food is dissolved
as rapidly in an artificial digestive fluid prepared
from Pepsn as it is in the natural Gastric Juice
| ITSELF
Professor Dungliscn of the Jefferson Coege.
Fhliadelphia, IN his great work on human Physiol
ogy deyotes more than fifty pages to an examina
| ton OF this subject. His experiments with DR..
Beaumont, or the Gastric Juice, obtained from
| living human stomach and from animals are we'll
known. In all cases, he says, digestion occurred
as perfectly Ia the artificial as in the natural d.
gestion.
| AS A DYSPEPSIA CURER.
| DR.. Houghton's preparation of pepsina sh pro.
duced the most marvellous effects, curing cases of
| Debility, Emaciation, Nervous Decline and Dys.
pepsic Consumption, supposed to be en- the very
verge OF the grave. It is impossible to give the
VI edscs M Ol tiilS
but authenticated certificates have been given of
more than two hundred remarkable cures in Phila-
| delpha. New York and Boston alone. These were
nearly all desperate cases. and the cures We're not
only rapid and wonderful, but permanent
| 1t is great Nervous Antidote, and particularly
useful tor tendency to bilious disorder Liver Com
plant, Fever and Ague, or badly treated Fever
and Aeue and the evil effects of Quinine
Mercury, and other drugs upon the digestive
organs after long sickness. Also, for excess in
eaung me too Tree use OF ardent spirits 1t al
most reconciles health with intemperance
OLD STOMACH COMPLAINTS
There is no form of old stomach complaints which
II does not seem to reach and remove at once No
matter how bad they may belt gives instant re-
lief! A single dose removes all the unpleasant
symptoms-and it only needs to be repeated for a
short time, to make these good effects permanent
Purity of blood, and vigor of body follow at once
II is particularly excellent in cases of Nausea
Vomiting-Cramps- Soreness of the pit of the
Observation-Disclosures after eating-low-cold state o.
: the Blood eayiness-Lowness of Spirit-Des
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures t.
misunderstanding, &c
Price, One Dollar per bottle One bottle vii
often effect lasting cure.
PEPSIN IN POWDERS,
SENT BY MAIL, FREE OF POSTAGE.
For convenience of sending to all parasitic Di
gestive matter of the Pepsin is put up in form o
powders-with directions to be dissolved in wate
or syrup-by the patient These powders contain
just the same matter as the bottles, but twice thu
quantity for the same price-and win be sent b,
mail free Of postage-tor dollar sent (post paid
to DR.. J. $. HOUGHTON, No, IL North Eigh
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Six packages for FIVE dollars. Every package
and bottle bears the written signature Of J. 5
t HOUGHTON, M D., Sole Proprietor.
FOR SALE BY
THOMAS P. EsKR1DGE, Staunton.
4 A. 5. WHITE 81 Co, Waynesboro',
! B. L. GRAHAM, Greenvie,
jNo. RANDOLPH, Middeblool.