Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-09-04
Scientific Evidence!

Baron Liebig in his celebrated work on Animal
Chemistry, says IAN Artificial Digestive Fluid
analogous to the Gastric Juice, may be readily
prepared from the mucous membrane of the
stomach of the Calf in which various articles OF
food, as meat and eggs, will be softencd changed
md digested just in the same manner as they
would be in the human stomach"
DIR. PeTeIra, IN his famous treatise on Good and
Diet" published by Fowlers & Wells, New York
page 80, states the same great fact and describes
the method ofpreparation. There are few higher
authorities than DR.. Pereira
DR.. Combe, in his valuable writings on the
physiology of Digestion" observes that "a di-
intuition of the due quantity of the Gastric Juice
is prominent and all-prevaling cause of Dys-
pepsla; and he states that distinguished pro
,ssor OF medicine in London, who was severely
afflicted with this complaint, finding everything
else to fail had recourse TO the Gastric Juice OBJ
tanned from the stomachs of living animals, which
proved completely successful
DR.. Graham, author Of the famous works OF
Vegetable Diet, says. 1t is a remarkable facf
physiology, that the stomachs Of animals ma
ceratcd in water. impart to the fluid the propert,
II dlssolvng various articles of food and ofeffcc-
ting kind of artificial digestion OF them in no
wise different from the natural digestive process
Dr. Simon's great work, the "Chemistrv OF
Man. (Lee & Blanchard, PHILADELPHIA. 1916. pp
'2l-2) says The discovery Of PEPsIx forms a
From recent experiments, we know that food Is
dissolved as rapidly in an artificial digestive fluid
prepared from Pepsin, as il is in the natural Gas
,ric Juice itself"
Professor Dunglison, Of the Jefferson College
Philadelphia, in his great work on Human PHYS
ology, devotes more than fifty pages to an exam
nation of this subject. His experiments with
Dr. Beaumont, ON the Gastaic Juice, obtained from
he living human stomach and from animals are
Epll known In all - bo az.
occurred as perfectly in the artificial as in the ma
ural digestions"
Dr. John w. Draper, Professor Of Chemistry II.
the Medical College of the University of New
Y Ork. in his Text Book of Chemistry" page 3SG
avs 1T has been a question whether artificial di-
5estion could be performed-but it is now uni
versally admitted that il may be-
Dr. Carpenters standard work on Physiology
which is in the library of every Physician. and is
sed as Text Book in all the Colleges Is fuII of
evidence similar to the above respecting the re-
narkabte Digestive power OF Pepsin. and the fact
hat 1t may be readily separated from the stom-
ich of the cali or OK, and used for experiments in
ArtlIcat Digestion, or as remedy for disease of
stomach, and deficient secretion of Gastric Juice
All modern works on Chemistry. Materia Ne
llcia- and Physiology, and al good Medical Die
ionaries, describe the character and properties OF
'epsln, and state many interesting details respect
1g it.
1he TACT that an Artificial Digestive Fluid OF
'astrlc Juice, perfectly resembling the natural
uid- may be readily prepared, does not admit Of
question The only wonder IS. that il has not be
ore been applied to the cure OF Indigestion and
)ysPepsia1-so naturally does such a use suggest
tseH to the mind
as "a Dyspepsia Csarer,
Dr.. Houghtons Pepsin has produced the most
marvellous effects, in curing cases of DEBILITY.
Emaciation, Nervous Decline, and Dyspeptic
Cons mpton. 1t is impossible to give the details
If cases in the limits of this advertisement but
authenticated certificates have been given of more
han t'co hundred remarkable cures in PHILADELPHIA.
New York, and Boston alone. These We're nearly
III desperate cases, end the cures were not onil
caPid and wonderful bat perm anent.
1t IS great Nervous Antidote, and particularly
useful for tendency to Bilious disorder. Liver
Complaint, Fever and Ague or badly treated Fe-
ser and Ague, and the evil effects Of Quinine Ne--
Jury and other drugs upon the Digestive Organs.
after long sickness. Also, for excess in eating.
md the too free use of ardent spirits. 1t almost
reCOncl{es Health with TufproDararca