Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-06-03
Medicines.
Another Scientific wonder,


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| The True Digestive Fluid or Gastric Juice,
GREAT DYSPEPSIA CURER.
Freparedfrom Rennet, orthetouyth Stomach ofthe Or
@'er directions q Baron Lie5ig, the great Ply
| siotogicai Chemist, by j. S. Houohfon.
MD, No ii, North Eighth ST., Phladelphia. PA.
NHlSisatruly wonderfulremedy forIndieestion
| Il Dyspepsia, Jaundice; Liver Complaint, Consti-
patton, and Debility, curing after Natures own
method, by Natures own agent, the Gastric Juice
zIHaifa teaspoonful of this Fluid infused in
water VIII digest or dissolve Five Pounds Of Roast
Beef IN about tyo hours, out of the stomach lx
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 Grea
Solvent Of the food, the Purifying, Preserving, and
Stimulating Agent of the stomach and intestines
Without it there will be no digeston-no CONVEX
sion of food into blood and nutrition of the bo-
dy; but rather foul, torpid painful and destruc-
tive condition ofthe 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 Rennet.
Pepsin is the chief element, or great Digesting
Principle of the Gastric Juice 1t is found in great
abundance in the solid parts ofthe human stomach
after death, and sometimes causes the stomach to
digest itself, cat 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 Kennel the effect of which has long since
been the special wonder of the dairy. The curd-
ling of milkis the first process of digestion Rem
net possesses astonishing power The stomach of
calf will curde nearly thousand times its own
weight of milk. Baron Liebig states that some
part fPepsin dissolved in sixty thousand Parts of
water, will digest meat and other foodp Diseased
stomachs produce no good Gastric Juice, Rennet or
Pepsin To show that this want may be perfectly
supplied, we quote the following
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE!
Baron Liebig, in his celebrated work on Animal
Chemistry, says: can Artificial Digestive Fluid
analogous to the gastric juice, may be readily pre-
pared from the mucous membrane of the stomach
the calf in which various articles offood meat
and eggs, will be seftened changed and dgesed just
in The as they woutd be in the human sto-
macho
Or. Pereira, in his famous treatise on 'sFood and
Diet,o published by Fowlers g. Wells, New York,
page SO, states the great fact, and describes
the method appropriation. There are few higher
authorities than DR.. Pereira
DR. Combe, In his valuable writings on the s'Phy-
sloogy ofDigestion," observes that "a diminution
OF the due quantity ofthe gastric juice is promi-
nent and al-prevailing cause of Dyspepsia and
he states that "a distinguished professor of medi-
cine in London, who was severely afflicted with this
complaint finding every thing else to fail, had
course to the gastric juice obtained from the sto
mach Of living animals, which prof completely
cessfislu
DR. GRAHAM, author ofthe famous works ON ''ye-
getable Diet, says: cit is remarkable fact in ply
siology that the stomachs of animals macerated in
water impart to the fluid the property of dissolv-
ing various articles of food, and of effectng kind
OF artificial digestion Of them eise different from
the natural digestive rrocess.n
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LEA Blanchard, Phila,, 1896 PIP. 32l-2.) says:
.The discovery of Pepsin forms new era in the
chemical history ofDigestion. From recent per-
iments we know that food is dissolved as rapidly
in an artificial digestive fluid, prepared from Pep
SIM as IL is in the natural gastric juice itselfn
Prof Dunglson, of the Jefferson College. Phila-
delphia, in his great work on Human Physiology,
devotes more than fifty pages to an examination of
this subject His experiments with DR. Beaumont
on the gastric juice, obtained from the living hu-
man stomach and from animals, are well known
"ln all cases" he says, digestion occurred as per-
fectly in the artificial in the natural digestion
As Dyspepsia Curer,
DR.. Houghtons preparation of Pepsin has produced
the most marvellous Effects curing cases of DeJiltu
Ehaaciaiton Nervous Decline, and Dyspepttc Con-
sumption, supposed to be on the very verge of the
grave IL is impossible to give the details of cases
in the limits of this advertisement--but authenti
Gated certificates have been given of more than 200
remarkable cures, in Philadelphia, New York and
Boston alone. These were nearly all desperate ca
ses, and the cures were not only rapid and won.
derful but permanent
IL is great Nervous AEtidote and particularly
useful for tendency to bilious disorder. Liver Com
plant Fever and Ague, or badly treated Fever and
Aguc, and the evil effects of Quinine, Mercury and
other drugs upon the digestive organs, after long
sickness. Also, for excess in eating and the too
free use of ardent spirits. 1t almost reconciles
Health with Intempeyaace.
Old Stomach Complaints.
There is no form of Old Stomach Complaints
which it does not seem to reach and remove at once
No matter how bad they may be, it gces instant re-
ttH single dose removes all the unpleasant SUNNI
toms, and it only needs to be repeated for short
time, to make these good effects permanent. Puri-
~ Of Blood and cgor Of body, follow at once 1t is
particularly excellent in cases of Nausea, Vofnt-
ing, Cramps, Soreness of the pit of the Stomach.
distress after eating, low cold state of the Blood
heaNiness owness of spirits, dependency, emacia-
ton, weakness, tendency to insanity, suicide &c
Price, 81 per bottle One bottle will often eff
feet a lasting cure.
EsS~Pepsin in powders, sent by mail free Of
postage.
For convenience of sending to all parts of the
country, the Dgestre Matter ofthe Pepsa is put up
in the form ofPowders, with directions to be dis
solved in water or syrup, by the patient. These
powders contain just the same matter as the bottles
but toice tie quantity for The same price and will be
sent by mail free Of postage for 81 sent tpost-paid
to Dr. Houghton, No. II North Eighth ST., Phila-
delphia, Pa
Six packages for SIS. Every package and bottle
bears the written signature Of J. s. Houghton, NJ
d., sole proprietor
Sold by Agents in every town in the U. States,
and by respectable dealers in medicines generally.
Bs5-For sale by W. II. Hesletine, Martinsburg;
J, Wysong Darkesville; G.. Wynkoop, Hedgesville
G.. W. Hokc, Gerardstown, in Berkeley Co.; and by
Joseph Harris, Charlestown; Joseph Entler Shep
herdstown, in Jefferson Co., Va.
September ., 1850.