Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-09-02
Medicines.
Another Scientific wonder.


another scientific wonder!
DrDCTAYV
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The True Digestive Fluid, or Gastric Juice,
A GREAT DYSPEPSIA cuREg
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stologicqi Che,afsf b. u Il Jyo,,,lto,
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Dysuepsia Jann,ice l;voy o.
patton and Debility c,i,nc fyas
method ~ Nat,rc,s , .,,t ~ Co.,; ,.
sIalfa teaspoonfi,I of tI;s Fln;a ;,s,,ssd Il
water will digest a. Il; ssal 10 Es,.. w D. i,
Beefia aJo, ira oys on If ~
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DfgeSti0H.
Digestion is chiefly performed il, tie stomach by
the aid Of il fluid which freely exudes from elm
ner coat Of that organ when IN 4 state az health
called the Gastric Juice This fluid Is the Greaf
SoLrsnt Of The food nc I,urg1bia4 Prese1r;po and
sStsnuiatis,g Agent Of the stomach nnd ;ntes5ines
Without ii there will be no sligest;on-no CONVEX
sion Of food into blood ana no nutrition Of tlc ID
dy, but rather d foul. torpid. painfuland degtruc
tive condition Of the whole digestive apparatus.
Good ~
end 3ohii;t t;eJ ess
pensin Il The chief element 81 ore,, y,;a, ,,io,
Prinriole Of me Gastric Juice n - foptl - rcat
abundance IN fhe solid narfs bu,a, onach
after dcatb and sometime ca,,ses tle st,yoI a.
digest itself or eat itself IN. II NJ AIS, found II
THE stomach ofanimals. as he Ok. calf &c II &
the material used nv farmers h making cs.eese
called Rennet Sthe eject az which has ls5y s;nre
been Inc specal Of the ,la;,,v fi,e .,,,l
ling az nlt Il thn 6rsl nro,ess ~ cest;o,, Ran.
nat rossesse.s astorish 10 pf,wer hp stomach 81
calf nearly IN II times lis own
weight of Smi,l Baron Iiebip statcs that zone
mart of Pencil, ssolyssl i, !; yfv
water viii digest meat and other fond Diseased
stomachs produce no good Gastric Juice Rennet Or
Pcpsin 10 show that this want may DO perfectly
supplied, We quote the following
ECIENTlErC Ev1DENCTs
Baron Liebig ial his celebrated work on Animal
Chemistry, says; An Artificial Digestive Fluid
analogous 10 the gastric Juice may be readily pre-
pared from the mucous membrane az the stomach
ofthe calf in which various articles offoea as meat
and eggs. will Be- s5tesed chained. lid eiqesfea it
IL the sa,ae 1qaaer as II Ic 61lsg,, sio-
mach;
Dr. Pcreira in his f,lmous trcatisc on ''Food and
Diet'' publishellhy fowlers & Wells New York,
page as, states the same great Fact ana describes
he method Of preparation There are few higher
authorities than Dr. Pereira.
Dir Connie In l,is valuable writings on the PLY
siology of Digestion observes that "a elimination
of the due quantity OF the gastric juice is pron-
nent and all-prevailins cause Of Dyspepsia = and
he states that "a distinguished, professor Of aedi-
cine in London who was severely afflicted whit
complaint finding every thing else to fail had re-
course TO the gastric Juice obtained from the sto
mach Of living animals, which gyoecomg ieteg 8ee-
cessf,d.1
Dr. Granam, author of the famous workson 'iye-
getable Diet says tltisa remarkable fact la ply
sology, that the stomaehs of animals macerated in
water, impart to the fluid the property Of dissolv-
ing various articles Of food and OF eaeoting Kind
OF arttfcdi digestion Of them in no cise ron
the natural diqestige process
Dr. simons great work the Chemistry Of Man, =
LEA & Blanchard Phila., 1916, PIP, 32l-2A says;
''rhe discovery of Pepsn forms q new era in the