Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-28
The Great Discovery!
Scientific Evidence

| tnnl chemistry says: IAN Artificial Digestive
Fluid analogous 10 the Gastric Jucc, may he read.
| lily prepared from the mucous membrane Of Tie
stomach Of the Calf in Which various articles %
food, az meat and eggs, will be ST eaodhonged and
diges'ed, jns IN he same hey Honid b. D..
| he Human stomach"
DIR. PEREiRA, in his famous treatise Oh Food
and Diet" published by Fowcrs Il Wells. New
ork, pnge IS, states the great fact and dos-
crihes the method of preparation, There are few
higher authorities than Dir. Pcfciral
DIR. COMBE. in his valuable writings on tie
physiology Of Digestion" observes tint ~ ainli-
mutton Of the duequaniiiy of the Gasirc Juice is
| prominent and all-prcyailiiie Of Dysrcpsn;"
and he states that "a distinguished professor If
medicine in London, who severely afflicted
with this complaint. inding everything rl.c To fail
Ind recourse Ia the Gastric juice obtuiacd from
the stomach of living animals, which grtsed eem.
| pie'ely successful"
| Dir. GRAHAM. author Of the flrnous works or
Vegetable Diet" say-; at is u r. rnatknhc fac
| in physiology, that tic stomacls OF n imuls mnec
rated in water, impair to the fuid the property ~
dissolying various articles of food, and al ctinl
kind Of o,t.feiai digcs i'm Of them IL aenie dtfc,.
| cat from Tie natural diecs ice prcocss.'
| DIR. SlMON'S great work, the Chemistry ul
Man. (Lec & blanchard, Philadelphia, 1916, PIP.
| 32l-2) says: "rhc discovery Of PEpSlN forms
new err, in the chemical history of Digestion. From
rc 'cut experiments, we know that food is dissolved
Ms rapidly in artificial digestive fluid prepared
from Pepsin, it is in the natural Gastric Juice it,
self
Professor DUNGLISON, Of the Jefferson Col
lcge, Philadelphia, in his grcnt work Human
Physiology, dcyotcs mere thun fifty pages 10 cx-
animation of dis subject His experiment with
| DIR. beaumont on the Gastric juice obtained from
Tie living human stomach ard from nnimal- nrs
well known In all cascs,' he says, Objection
occurred perfectly in the ARTIFICIAL in the aafa
raj digestons"
DR. JOHN ". DRAPER Pnlcssor Of Chcniis
try in the Medical College of The University Of New
York, in bis Text Book Of Chemistry" page 1886,
says: at has been question whether artificial d.
gcsion could be pcrioifncd--but il is univer-
| sally admitted thai il mny be-"
| DIR. CARPENTERS standard work on Pbysolo-
| gy, which is in the library Of every Physician and
is used Text Book in all the Colleges is full Of
evidence, similar to the above, respecting the
mnrkabe Digestive power Of PeT,Sin, and the fact
it muy be readily separated from the calf on, ind
used for experiments in artificial Digestion, n
remedy for diseases of the stomach, md deficient
secretion Of Gnstfic Juice.
All modern works Chemistry, Matcria Medi
ca, md Physiology. and all good Medical Dictiona-
ries, describe The character and properties q Pep
sin, and state many interesting details rcsp citing
| The fact that artificial Digestive Fluid, Of
Gastric Juice perfectly resembling the natural Flu
id, bay be readily prepared, docs not admit Of qnes-
ton The only wonder is, That ii has not before
been applied 10 the Of Indigestion md Dyspep-
| sia-so naturally does such suggest itself 10
| the mind.
As IS Dyspepsia CWrer,
| DIR. HOJGiiTON'S preparation Of PEPSIN Inns
produced the mGrfciioas efccis, curing Of
| DebHiy Emoeiatioa Nereons Dfcfinc and Dyspep-
| &c ConsDmp'soB supposed to be the very verge
Of the grave. II ia impossible give the dctnis of
il the limits oiths advertisement. but uuthcr-
| tod has, hoe. ar, n,
Two HUNDRED REMARKABLE CURES in Philade-
| phn. New orS aud Boston alone. These were
| nearly all desperate cases and the were not
only rapid and wonderful, bu, permanens.
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useful for tendency 10 Billions disordcr, Liver Com
plant, Fever and Agnc, badly treated Fever and
Ague, and the evil effects Of Quinnc. Mercury and
other drugs upon the Digestive orgnns, after long
sickness Also, for excess in eating, and the toe
| Tree use Of ardent spirits. II almost rcconces
| Heaih with II emp yoncc
Old Stomach Complaints.
| There Is no form Of Od Stofact frmpiaiifs
| which it does not seem To rcpch mud remove 10
onre. No matter how bad thcy mny mr., + GIVES
| INSTANT RELIEF single dose removes III
| the unpleasant -yrnptoHs aud il only Reeds IL w
| repeated for short time. To make these good ~
| fccis permanent. Pl7ty # Bkood 0nd figor n
| Body, follow nt once. Ii is particularly cxceeti
ia cases Of Nausea, Vometing, Crumps, Sorcgcss
the PIT OF the Stomach. distress after eating. low
cold state Of the Blood. Hcaviue--. Lowiscss d
| Spirits, Dependency. Emnciatcn. Weakness ten
| dency TO Insanity, Suicide. &c.
| Price, ONE DOLLAR per bottle. One bottle
| will often effect a lasting cure.
| PEPSIN IN POWDER. Senfby Mint Flee #
Pos'0gc.-For convenience Of sending all rnrfs
&c the country the DIRE IRE Naffer rCthc PEPSIN
IA put up ii the form of Powder. with directions
| be dissolved in wnter by the patient, These pow
ders contain Just the matfer os TIC loiIes.but
rice lie qnan,i FIR NE Tgiee, md viii hc sent
(post-pnid to Dr. J. s. HOrGHTON. No. n
North Eighth Street, Fiadelriiu. Pa.
Obserre 1hts!-Every bottle Of the genuine Per-
SIN bears the written signature of J. 8. HOUGH.
TON, NJ. D. Sole Proprietor, No ii n. Eighth
81. Philadelphia. Pa.
For sale in Lyncbburg, by JOHN II. sEAY.
authorized Aren't March 3--wIy