Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-07-24
Scientific Evidence!

Baron Lebig in his celebrated work on Animal
Chemistry. says. Am Artificial Digestive Fluid
analogous TO the Gastric Juice, may be readily
p epaced from the mucous membrane Of She
stomach ot the Calf IN which various articles o
food, meat and eggs will be solencd changed
and dlcested. Just in the same manner as thev
would be in the human stomach"
Dr Pereira. in his famous treatise on "Food and
Diet published 10y FowIers & Wells New York
page 30. states the same great fact, and describe.
the NC bod of preparation. There are few higher
authorities than Dr. Pereira
br. Combe. in his valuable writings on the
~Physioiogv OF Digestion" observes that "a d.
mUu'lol Of the due quantity OF the Gastric Juice
Il a pr 1m'nent and alllreyaiiing cause Of Dys
pcpsil,' and he STATES that distinguished pre-
lessor of medicine in London who was severely
afflicted v it'll this complaint finding c.crvthng
else 10 iall. had recourse 10 the Gastric Juice o.
taineI from the stomachs OF living animals which
proved completely successful
DIR. Graham, author Of the famous works Oh
cgetab!c Diet says 1T Is a remarkable fact
in physiology that the stomachs of animals. ma.
cerafed ia wafer imFart TO the fluid the property
Of Gissolvng various articles food and OH tlec-
ting kind OF artificial digestion Of them In no.
wise different from the natural digestive process
DR. Simons great work. the "Ghemistry oil
Man (Lec * Blanchard Philadelphia 1916. pp
32I-2) says: The discovery Of PEPsIN forms a
E"W era ~ the chemical history OF Digestion
From recent eXy eriments, we know that food is
dissolved as rapidly in an artificial digestive fluid
prepared from Pepsiu, as it IS IN the natural Gas
tric Juice itself"
Professor Dunglison, Of the Jefferson COLLEGE
Philadelphia. in his great work on Human PHYS
loloSy, dcvotes more than fifty PAGES 10 an exam
nation OF this subject. His experiments with
DR.. Beaumont. on the Gastaic Juice obtained from
the living human stomach and from animals. are
Well known. -iu all cases" he saws ",lircs-iap
occurred perfectly in the artificial as IL the ma
ruc4I dIgcstIons"
DIR John ". Draper, Professor Of Chemistry In
tEo Medical College of the University of New.
orI, In his Text Book OF Chemistry page 2Se.
says II has been question whether artificial d.
se~t'on could be pertormed-but it IS now uni
Nersally admitted that II may be
Ipr Carpenters standard work on Physiology.
which IS in tie library Of every Physician ami Is
used as Text Book in all the Colleges Is fuit o,
evidence similar to the above, respecting the 70
marAab'e Digestive power of Pepsin, and the fact
tA7t It may be readily separated from the stou
arH OF the cal or OK. and used for experiments III
Artificial Digestion. or as remedy for disease a
stomach, and deficient secretion Of Gastric Juice
Az modern works on Chemislrv ATateria Me
dcia, and Physiology, and al good Med. cial Die
uouar.es. describe the character and properties of
rsts.a. aud state many interesting details respect
ing It.
The fact that an Artificial Digestive Fluid. o..
Gastric Juice, perfectly resembling the natura.
fluid may be readily prepared, does not admit D.
question. The only wonder is that it has not be-
fore been applied to the cure Of Indigestion and
Dyspcr@ia-so naturally does such use suggest
-pi To the mind