Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-06-12
Scientific Evidence.


"a BARON LlEBIG, in his celebrated work An
I5ima Chemistry saws AN Artificial Digestive
Flnid, analogous To the Gastric Juice, may he read
{zilv prepared from the mucous membrane of TIN
y stomach of the Calf in which various articles o
nod meat and eggs will be Sot'caed. changed an,
= digestcd just IN HE same as Hry ronM BE- il
= he human @op,ach,"
DR. PEREIRA, in bs famous treatise on Foo,
: and Diet" published by Fowlcrs & Wells, New
York, page IS, states the great fact, and dies
= cribes the method Of preparation. There are few
higher authorities than DIR. Pereri.
Dr. COMBE, in his valuable writings on tn
Physiology Of Digestion" observes That "a DIM
mutton of the ducquantity of the Gastric Juice is
&prcmineni and all-prevailing of Dyspepsia;
= and he states that "a distinguished professor o
medicine in London, who was severely Athlete,
with this complaint, finding everything else To fail
had recourse 10 the Gastric Juice. obtained from
the stomach of living animals, which groccd com
Z ple'eiy spccessfh.'
- Dr.. GRAHAM, author of the famous works OF
S"Ncgetable Diet" says; at is u remarkable fac
Kin physiology, that the siomacls of animals, mace
Sinied in water impar To the fluid the property o
lissolving various articles of food, and cficcing
kind Of aniEcii digestion of them ia noaisc digcr
|eat .trom ne NATURAL digcstire proccss''
DIR. SlMON'S great work. the Chemistry D
Man" Q-cc & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1916, PIP
Silly says: "Thc discovery Of PEPSIN forms ,
new era in the chemical history of Digestion From
rcccnt experiments we know that food is dissolved
4 las rapidly in artificial digestive fluid prepared
: from Pepsin, ii is in the natural Gastric Juice ii
&self',
Professor DUNGLISON, of the Jefferson Col
lege, Philadelphia, in his great work ON luna,
aPhysiology, dcvotes mere than fifty pages to nm ex
II imlnaiion of this subject His experiment will
n Dr. Beaumont on the Gastric Juice, obtained from
esthc living human stomach and from animals, ar,
sswcli known" In all cases. he SAYS, '.dicestior
occurred as perfectly in the arffcim in the muir
s. rai digestions"
a DIR JOHN w. DRAPER. Professor Of Chcnis
Sry in the Medical College ofthe University Of New
Syork, in his Text Book Of Chemistry page 3s5
&says: at has been question whether artificial d.
Question could be performed--but it is now univer
3sally admitted that it may be-"
q DIR, CARPENTERS standard work on Plvsiolo
gy, which is in the library of every Physician. and
H. used as Text Book in all the Colleges is full Of
7eyidence, similar to the above, respecting the re-
u markabie Digestive power of Pepsin and the fact
it may be readily separated from the calf or OK and
fused for experiments in artificial Digestion or ms n
. remedy for diseases of the stomach and deficient
: secretion of Gastric Juice
All modern works on Chemistry Materia Mcdi
ca, and Physiology, and all good Medical Dictinna.
&ies, describe the character and properties Of Pen
Esin, and state many interesting details respecting
-
The fact that an artificial Digestive Tluid III
Sastrc Juice perfectly resembling tho natural FIN.
id, may be readily prepared docs not admit Of oucs-
ton. The only wonder is. that il bas moi before
Ebeen applied to the cure of Indigestion and Dvnen
Sin-so naturally docs such use suggest it.clr H.
- The mind
ASS DysDcDsia Curcr.
DIR. HOUGHTON'S preparation of PEPSIN has
produced the most martaous effects. curing cascs Of
DeJaity, Emaciafion. Nerroas Deelise. and DugDeD-
'ic Consumption, supposed to be on the very verge
of the grave. II is impossible to give the detas III
cases in the limits ofthis advertisement: but authen
,icated certificates have been given of more thar.
TWO HUNDRED REMARKABLE CURES. in Phadcl-
phia New York, and Boston alone. These were
nearly all desperate cnses. and the moi
only rapid and wonderful, but permanent.
tits "A great Nervous Aatidofc and particularly
useful for tendency TO Bilious disorder, Liver Com
Plant Fever and Ague, or badly treated Fever and
Ague, and the evil effects OF 0ninine, Mercury, and
other drugs upon the Digestive organs, after long
sickness. Also, Tor excess IN ealng, and the too
Heath with Ia,emperance.
Old Stomach Complaints.
There is no form of OH Stoaaoth ComplaialI
which it does not seem to reach and remove Of
once No matter how bad they may be, it GIVES
xi4Nts a-N n single dose removes al