Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-03-11
Medicines.
Another scientific wonder.
The True Digestive Fluid, o. Gastric Juice

PEPSIN!
The True Digestive Fluid, or Gastric Juice!
A GREAT DYSPEPSIA CURER,
Preparations RsnHet or the fourth Stomach cths Oh
after directions Q; Baron LieIsc The grsn Ply
sioloeical Chemist, By j. s. Hoaghton.
MD, No II, North Eighth S., Phsladeiplia, Pa.
YyHIS isatruly wonderful remedy forIndigestion
Il Dyspepsia, Jaundice Liver Complaint, Consti-
patton, and Debility, curing after Natures own
method, by Natures own agent, the Gastric Juice
lrHalf teaspoenful of this Fluid infused in
water, will digest dissolve FIRE Pounds 81 Roasf
Beef IN about tro hours, out Of the stomach II
Digestion
Digestion is chiefly performed In the stomach by
the aid of fluid which freely exudes from the in
ner coat of that organ, when in state Of health,
called the Gastric Juice. This fluid Is the Greaf
Soipeat Of The food, the Purifying Preserpsng and
Stimulating Agent Of the stomach and intestines
Without it there win be no digestion-no CONVEX
sion Of food into blood, and no nutrition fthe bo-
dy but rather foul, torpid, painful and destrue-
tive condition Of the whole digestive apparatus A
weak, halfdead, or injured stomach produces no
good Gastric Juice, and hence the disease distress
and debility which ensue.
Pepsin and Rennef.
Pepsin is the chief element, or great Diyeaiag
Principle of the Gastric Juice II is found in great
abundance in the solid parts Of the human stomach
after death, and sometimes causes the stomach TO
digest itself eat itself up. 1t is also found in
the stomach of animals. as the OK, calf &c. 1t is
the material used by farmers in making cheese,
called Rennet, the effect Of which has long since
been the special wonder of the dairy The eurd-
ling of milk is the first process of digestion Rem
net possesses astonishing power. The stomach of
calf viii curdle nearly one thousand times its own
weight Of milk. Baron Licbig states that, aOne
part of Pepsn dissolved in sixty thousand PARTS of
water will digest meat and other foodn Diseased
stomachs produce no good Gastric J uce, Rennet or
Pepsin. To show that this want may be perfectly
supplied, we quote the following
SCIENTIFIC EvIDENtE.
Baron Liebig, in his celebrated work on Animal
Chemistry, says San Artificial Digestive Fluid
analogous TO the gastric juice may be readily pre-
pared from the mucous membrane of the stomach
ofthe calf in which various articles offood as meat
and eggs will be seftened changed and gested just
IN The same manner as they routd be he hmaon $40.
| mach"
| Dr. Pereira, in his famous treatise on sFood and
Diet" published by Fowlers e. Wells, New York,
page 80, states the same great fact and describes
the method appropriation. There are few higher
authorities than DR., Pereira. ~. :,
DR.. Combe in his valuable writings on the "Phy-
sology ofDigeston," observes that "a diminution
OF the due quantity of the gastric juice is promi-
nent and all-prevailing cause of Dyspepsia and
he states that "a distinguished professor of medi-
cine in London, who severely afflicted with this
complaint, finding every thing else to fail had re-
course to the gastric juice, obtained from the sto.
mach of living animals, which prop completely suc-
| cessf,a" ss1G 50 ia1fssag8 IA 81 tl1cse sF
| Dr. Granam, author ofthe famous workson ave-
getable Diet says sItis remarkab BILE fact in ply
siology, that the stomachs of animals macerated in
water, impart to the fluid the property of dissov-
ing various articles of food, and Of effecting kind
OF drf.hcsat DIGESTION ofthem inno rise different from
| The natural digestive process"
| DR.. simon's great work, the Chemistry Of Man,
! uea blanchard, Phila, 1876, PIP. 32l-29 says
sThe discovery ofPepsin forms new era in The
chemical history ofDigestion. From recent exper
iments we know that food is dissolved as rapidly
in an artificial digestive fluid, prepared from Pep
sin as il is in the natural gastric juice itself"
Prof Dunglson, of the Jefferson College Phila
delphia, in his great work on Human Physiology
devotes more than fifty pages to an examination o
this subject His experiments with DR., Beaumont
on the gastric juice. obtained from the living hui
man stomach and from animals, are we'll known
ln all cases." he says. "dgestion occurred as per
fecty in the artificial as in the naagai digestion
''afis rs Dyspepsia Curer,
DIR. Houghton's preparation ofPepsin has produced
the most marvellous effects, cnrng cases of Debility
Emaciation, Nervous Decline, and Dypep,c Con
sumption, supposed to be ON the very verge of the
grave 1t is impossible to give the details of case:
in the limits Of this advertisement--but authenti
Gated certificates have been given of more than 2O(
remarkable cures, in Philadelphia, New York anc
Boston alone. These were nearly all desperate ca
SEES, and the cures were not only rapid and won
derful, but permanent. sag
1t is a great Marcus Aatidote, and particularly
useful for tendency to bilious disorder Liver Com
,,la md ~ hal Il
Aguc, and the evil effects of Qunine Mercury, and
Other drugs upon the digestive organs after long
| sickness. Also for excess in eating and the toe
free use OF ardent spirits. 1t almost reconcile:
Heath with Intempcrmce8 sff 8E38
Old Stomach Complaints.
There is no form Of Old Stomach Complaint.
which it does not seem toreach and remove at once
No matter how bad they may be- it gipes instant re-
LIEF! A single dose remoces all The unpleasant symp
toms, and it only needs to be repeated for q shor
time, to make these good effects permanent. Pari
~ Of Blood and cigor Of body follow at once II il
particularly excellent in cases of Nausea, yomit
ing, Cramps, Soreness of the pit Of the Stomach
distress after eating low, cold state of the Blood
heaviness, lowness ofspirits, dependency, emacia
ton. weakness tendency to insanity, suicide, &c
Price, 81 per bottle. One bottle will often eff
feet a lasting cure .sast{ sssr bs
lD~pepsin in powders, sent by mail free o
postage. s. ..ss.s .,.... go, $500,
For convenience Of sending to all parts Of tn
country the Dgestire Matter offh Pepsia is put u
in the form ofPowders with directions to be dis
solved in water or syrup, by the patient. Thes
powders contain just the matter as the bottles
but truce the quantity Jorthe Same price, and will b
sent by mail, free Of postage for 81 sent postpaid
to DR.. Houghton, MOL North Eighth st., Phila
delphia, Pa. M 8aFaepa1 'ft
Six packages for S. Every package and bottl
bears the written signature of j. 8. Houghton,
d.. sole proprietor 80 -
Sold by Agents in every town in the U State
and by respectable dealers in medicines general,
Rt2s~For sale by W. II. Hesletine, Martnsbure
J.Wysong, Darkesville; g. wynkoop, Hedgesvile
G. W. Hoke, Gerardstown, in Berkeley Co.; and
Joseph Harris, charlestown; Joseph Entler, SheI
herdstown, in Jefferson Co., Va.
September 3, 1850. lfn t8a se3sl1
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