Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-03
MEDICINES,
a NOTmER sCIENTTFIC "


A MOTHER SCIENTIFIC yy0N.
n DER, DIR. J. 8. HOUGHTON'S PEP6lN
The true DIGESTIVE FLUID ar GASTRIC
JulCE-A great Dyspepsia CHrcr.--Prtpa ffum
Rcnnet, the fourth Stomach o. tho Ok, after d.
rections Of Baron Licbig the great Physiological
Chemist, by J. s. HoUGHTON, NJ D., No. IL
North Eighth Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
This Is truly wonderful remedy for Ind;ges'ioH,
Dypcpsia, Jaundiee. Lissr Complaint. Consfipo-
fioa aud Debility, Curing after Natures own
Method, by Natures own Agent, the Gastric
Juice.
~ Ilalfa ,caspoonfal e frrs,s, infused IN wa
ter will digest or dissolve Eve pounds of Roast Beef
in about two hours out Of the stomach.
Diges
DtaEsrioS i chiefly performed In the stomach by
the aid of luid which freely cxudes from the IN
ncr coat oi that organ when In state q health cal
led the Gastric Juice. This fluid Is the GSf"f Sol
rsnf Of he Food the Purifying, Preserving, and
Stimulating agent Of the stomach and intcstincs--
Without il there can be no digcston---no conversion
of food into heod, and nutrition OF the body but
rather foul torpid painful and destructive condi-
ton of the whole digestive apparatus wcnk ,hait
dead or injured stomach produces no good t'nstre
Juice, and hence the disease, distress and debility
Which ensue.
Pepsim nmd Iscmmct.
PErsIS is tho chief element, or great Digcstsag
Principle of the Gastric Juice 1t will swecten pu-
trid meat nncctually than saleretns, und viii
retard putrefaetion powerfully than alcoholic
1t is also highly stimulating the nervous system,
and TO the stomach and other digestive organs. IL
is found in great abundance In the solid parts Of the
human stomach and in the stomach Of animals, ne
the OK, calf &c. 1t is the material used by farm-
ers in making cheese, called Rennet, the effect ct
which has long been the special wonder 81 the dai-
ry. The curling Of tho milk is the first process Ut
digestion. Rennct possesses astonishing powcftS-
The stomach Of cali will curde nearly cne
fhstan and ~ ...I.t a.
ron Liebig states that, "0ne part OF tho Pepsn
dissolved in sixty thousand parts Of water will d
gest meat and other food" Diseased stomachs
produce no good Gastric Juice, Rcnnet ar Pcpsin.
The Great Discovery!
The true Digestive Fluid. or GASTRIC JUICE.
can be obtained from Natures orn source Of supply
the healthy stomach The pure digestive princ-
| pie, fErsIS may really be extracted from tho
stomach Of animals resembling man, thus forming
an artificial Digestive Fluid, precisely like the nat
ural Gastric Juice, In its chemical powers, md fur
nishing complete and perfect substitute for IL.
BY the aid Of PErsIs, or this artificial Digestive
Fluid, the pains and evils Of INDIGESTION, DYsrEr-
STA, AND LIVER COMPLAINT ARK SPEEDILY REMov-
ED, JUST AS THEY WOULD NIX ny A HEALTHY sToM-
AcH-thc food is properly converted into blood; the
body il nourished; good health and vigor urc rapid
y impaired to the whole organization and tho di-
gestvo organs share with the rest In this hnpPy
suit.
Scientific Evidence.
BARON LlEBlG, in his celebrated work on An
mal Chemistry, saws AN Artificial Digestive
Fluid, analogous the Gastric Juice. may be read.
lily prepared from the mucous membrane Of the
stomach of the Cali, in which, various articles Of
food, meat and eggs, will be seftcnod, changed and
9igesed just IN The same manner as they ronid Dc in
he human stomach"
DIR. PERElRA, in his famous treatise on Food
and Dot,' published by Fowlcrs & Wells, Now
York, page IS, states the great fact ind des-
cribes the method of preparation. There are few
higher authorities than DIR. Pereira.
DIR. COMBE, In his valuable writings on tho
Physiology of Digestion" observes TINT IN dimi-
mutton ofthc ducquantiiy Of the Gastric Juice IA n
prominent and all-prevailing cause OF Dyspcpsa;"
and he states that "a distinguished professor Of
medicine in London, who was severely afflicted
with this complaint, finding everything else to fail.
Ind recourse to the Gastric Juice. obtained from
the stomach Of living animals, which prorcd com.
pietoiy sgccessfm"
DIR. GRAHAM, author of the famous works on
Vegetable Dis snys; at IA remarkable fact
in physiology, TINT the stomochs Of animals mace
rnted in water Eipart to the fluid the property "f
diasoving various articles Of food md cflccting
kind Of artificial digesion Of them in nosise dias,-
en- t,om ne n@,sraf d'sesfife r,qceesv was undo
Man" , n'ee & plssnc,nt of Mr. Burl but tina
32I-2) says: "'rhc diseosucli language to Nj
in the chemical bisioI
recent experiments, We know thu, IL ID ccftaiti
rapidly in artificial digcstivr hsral opinion I
from Pcpsn, as Il il ia the natural Castt
SELF "dcu hif
Professor DuNGLISON, Of the Jefferson vcain
iegc Philadelphia, in his grcnt work on Hun
Physiology, devotes more than fifty pages 10 nn caso
animation Of this subject liii experiment, wiyov
DIR. Beaumont the Gastric Juice, obnined frs =
the living htimun stomach aud from animals nioi
well known" In all cnscs," he says, "digeation
occurred us perfectly in the artificial in the nafu-
raj dr,estions."
DIR JOHN W. DRAPER, Professor Of Choms.
try in the Medical College of the University of New
York, in his Text Book of Chemistry" pare 3sG.
says: ut has been question whether nrfiirn d.
gcstion could be performcd--but il is now univor-
sally admitted TINT il may be-
DIR. CARPENTER'S standnfd work on PhysioIo-
ny, which is in the library Of every PIysicnn. and
il used as Text Book in MI the Colleges Is full or
evidence, sn'ilur 10 the above respecting the y
mrkable Digestive power Of Peys,R, mud the fact
may be rendiiy separated from the calf on OK md
used for experiments IN artificial Digestion, or ss "a
remedy for Diseases of the stomach, and deficient
secretion Of Gastric Juice.
All modern works on Chemistry, Mn,cra Mcdi-
ca, and Physiology, aud all good Medical Dictionn-
ries, describe the character and properties Of Pep
sin, aud state many interesting details respecting
he fact that artificial Digestive Fluid of
Gastric Juice, perfectly resembling tho natural Flu
ID may be rcodily prepared, docs moi admit Of oue.-
ton The only wonder is, thai ID has not brfor,
been applied 10 the Of Indigestion and Dyspcp.
sin--ro naturally docs such suggest itself 10
the mind.
AS n Dyspepsia Carer.
DIR. HOuGliTON'S preparation Of PEpSIH hns
produced the most mayrfkops cEtcs. curing coscs of
DcD11y, Emactatsoa, Nervous Dosiinc, and Dysp,p-
nc Consumption, supposed 10 be on the very yorrc
OF the grave. il is impossible give the dctoils C
cascs ia the limits ofiis advertisements but nubcn-
ticated certificates have been given Of more tlipp
TWO HUNDRED REMARKABLE CURES, in Philndei-
pbin, New York, and Boston nonc. These ,ycrc
nearly all desperate cnscs, and the cures were not
only rapid md wonderful, but permanent
II Isl great Neuons dnt,iote, mud particularly
useful for tendency to Bilious disorder Liver Com
pnint, Fever and Aguc, or badly treated Fever md
Aguc, md the evil effects Of Quinnc Mercury. and
other drugs upon the Digestive organs, after long
sickness. Also, for excess in eating md the ,oo
free use Of ardent spirits II almost recopc;les
Hoaih with Infcmgcanee
Old stomach Complaints.
There is no form IL OH Sfomorh ComDty,af.
which II does not seem to reach and remove M
once NO matter how bad they may be- IL GIVES
INSTANT RELIEF single dose removes MI
the unpleasant symptoms and il only needs to be-
repeated, for short time, to mike these good cf-
fects permanent. Pu,tty IF Blood and rigoy Of
Body, follow at once. II is particularly excellent
in cases Of Nauscn, Vomcting, Cramps, Soreness. 81
the pit Of the Stomach, distress nftcr eating. low
cold state Of the Blood, Hcaviness, Lownexs al
Spirits, Dependency, Emaciniion, Weakness, ten.
dency To Insanity, Suicide. &c.
Price, ONE DOLLAR per bottle, One ha,,Jc