Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-07-17
Scientific Evidence.


BARON LlEBlG, in hia celebrated work ON An.
imal Chemistry, snys AN Artificial Digcs,i,.
Fluid, analogous To the Gastric Juice, may be read
Wy prepared irom the mucous membrane Of tho
stomach nj the Calf. in which various article. Of
food as meat and eggs, viii be scfcsci, ,Aanrcd and
d'gcs'cd just IN hc same manHe, as they rouid bs 10
| he hHmaA stomach"
DR. PERElRA. in his famous treatise rn "tYa,
md Dict" published by Fowlcrs & Wells. Now
York, page 30, stntcs the great fact ind dec.
! rnhca the mo,hud of propagation. There AFRO few
higher authorities thpn DIR. rcrcirn.
DIR. COMBE, IN his valuable writings on III.
physiology of Digestion" obscivcs thnt "a dim,-
mutton oi the due quantity of the Gastric Juice is
prominent and allprevailiug cause Of Dyspcp.a;"
and he states that "a distinguished professor u
medicine in London who severely afflicted
with this complaint, finding everything else To fail
Ind recourse to tho Gastric Juice obtained fror,
the stomach Of living animuls which yrorrd cow
pic'ciy sncccs.f il"
De- GRAHAM. nuthor Of the Gnmou. work. ON
Vegetable Diet" snys al il n remarkable faet
IN physiology, Tint the stomachs of animals mace
rated in wntcr mpnrt 10 the fluid tho property Of
diasoiving various articles of food and oiicctng
kind Of ar!feial digcs II them IN ronise differ
eni from Ne Hofn'ai diges nc process"
DR. SlMONS great work, the Chemistry of
| Man, (l.ec 4 blanchard, Philadelphia 1916, up.
| 52l-2) Snys: "Thc discovery Of PEPSIN form d
new era in the chemical history OF Dircation From
recent experiments, We Kew hnf food IL dissolved
- rapidly in Az arifcinl digestive fluid, prepared
nom FcPsin, us il is Ia the natural Gastric juice il,
| self
| Professor DUNGLlSON, of the JefIcrson ca
| ecc, Philadelphia, in his great work on Human
Physiology, dcyotcs m, r. tim fifty pages 10 an
| animation of this subject Ili4 cxpcrimcn, with
| Dr. Beaumont on the Gastric Juice. obrnincd iron,
the living human stomach aud from animals. arc
well known III all cascs," he -oys. "dgcston
occurred as perfectly in the aryfcai in the na,u-
| raj diaoRtiunr."
| DrJOHN W. DRAPER. Professor Of Chcmi,
ny u the Medical College Of the University of New
York, ~ his "1eNt Book Of Chemistry" page 1856
4ny-; 1T hs bctn question whether artificial a.
gesiion could be p'riarmcd- but it is now univer-
sally admitted that II may be-"
DIR. CARPENTERS standard work on Plv,iolo.
~, which y ~ the library Of every Physician. and
is used ns Text Book 10 all the Colleges /. full Of
evidence similar to the above. respecting the ro-
nnrNnhlc Digestive power Of Ppm, and the fac,
II mpy be readily separated from the calf or on and
used for experiments in artificial Digestion or "a
remedy for discnsrs OF the stomach, aud deficient
secretion Of Gastric Juice
Nil modern works on Chemistry Materin Nedi
en-, and Psychology, ana all good Medical Dietona-
ri"-, fcscrihc the chnrnrter md Jrorcrc. of Pep
sin, and state mnny interesting details respecting
it,
The fact Tint artificial Digestive Fluid, ~
ia. ma, ~ rcndiiy prcEnr,d NH. ~, MAIN, orou..,
tim. The onlv wonder l. Tim, !, Ian. ,'n, Lc,r.
been nu,lrl N M, ,,, N ,1;a,;,, III, -.
.ia-ao naturally does such use suggest itself To
Tie mind.
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produced tho no.t ,,oyI,la,,, eg,c'. eia
D,Lpiy Engaci, ,oo Nr,,,o,, n..y,'.. aI n.
ne Coasp,gyti,D sunroscd ,o hc a, ,, ,r.P
Of the crave II u ;n,,,.i.. ~ XIII, H., I.y,.,,h
cases IN the lt,its o,lis oJVcri.r,nc,,. In, ,,b.r
,icacd crrti6rntca bnvc bcrn yo, m ,,ra M.
rwo prYpprD urY.nR,u,r crnrs T., phu,Ja,
phia N,y york. nnd go.to, nInno TLa.a x.
ncnry nll dcsprr,tc c,.cs, aad ,ba emo. ," wv"
only rnpid and wonderful. but t,cruounr,
Itisa great N,yfbns In ai,,e. md n,,,ic,,,,x
useful for tendency 10 gili,na di.o,J, I;,a r,,,
plant Fever and Aguc. or badly treated Feycr md
Ague. and the cvil effects Of Qunino. Mcrcnrv .rJ
other drugs upon the Objective orgnns, ni,,r = lopr
aickpess Aiso far ,xro.. n ,.,i,a aaJ ~. ,as.
free rae Of ardent sptr;ts I, ,t,,.., .a.,.a;i..
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