Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-12-22
MEDICINES.


MEDICINES.
A MOTHER SCIENTIFIC WOW.
IA DER, DIR. J. &. HOuGBTON'6 PBP9lN.
The true DIGESTIVE FLUID or GASTRIC
y LUCE great Dyrepsia CHrerS 'repsrcdfrcm
aennct. or the fourth Stomach Of tho On, after dr.
Uherist, by J. 8. HOUGHTON, NJ D., Nc. IL
raf'n Eighth Street, Philadelphia, "a.
n Is truly wonderful remedy far kw1igssfser,
Dyspps'o' Janndice. Lircr Compiasss, Cs~aips
,''a ana DesR,ty. Curing after Natures own
Ja;s" o'' 's Natures own Agent, tho Ssssis
" Half a teaspoonful Il Psrsrs. ;rfassi 4 49,
ter will digest or dissolve 1--WE poand, ~ Roast css
IN about Two hours. out Of the stomach.
DtEestiO on.
Rersrr-- y Chiefly performed IN ,Itr stc,nsck IN
the aid of fluid which freely cxudc. f,o,, ~. ".
ner coat OF that organ, when In state ofhentb eal
led the Gastric Juice, This fluid /. the Co., S,,.
rem Of he Food, the Purifying, Prssev,r- "a
Shmaia'iag agent Of the stomach aud inse.,,pes.-
W ithout 1t there can be digcstion--no copv.r..A
OF food into blood, aud nutrition of the bod, lS
rather foul torpid, painful aud destructive coudi,
tion Of the whole digestive apparatus. weak hall
dead or injured stomach produces no good Ca,,riv
Juice sad hence the disease, distress and dsbili,a
which cnsuc.
Pepsin and Renmet.
Frrsrs is tho chief element, or rysat D,S,s.,.,
Principle Of the Gastric Jaice. Il will sweetan pu.
trid meat more ufccfoay than salcratus, and will
rctard putrciaction more powerfully than alcohol
Il Is also highly stimulating to the nervous system.
aud to the stomach and other digestive organs. Il
is found in great abundance in the solid parts Of thu
human stomach and in the stomach Of animals. a.
the OK calf. Sc. /, i. tho material used by farm.
crs in making cheese. called Rcnnet. the effect a
which has long been the special wonder Of tile da-
ry The curding OF the milk is the first process Of
digestion. Kennel possesses astonishing powsr.-a
The stomach Of calf will eurdle nearly one
thousand times its own weight az milk Ba1
ron Licbig, states that ''ono part of tho Pepsi.
dissolved in sixty thousand parts Of water, will ii.
gcst meat and other food Bi.ess-: sconiss In
produce no good Gastric Juice, Kennel ~ cepsis
The Great Discovery.
The true Digestive Fluid or GASTRIC JrICN,
can be obtained from Nafaye's ern sourrr Of ssy,iv
the healthy stomach The pure digestive rrisei.
pie, fErsiS, may really be extracted from tina
stomach of animals resembling man. thus iormin.
an urtihcia Digestive Fluid, precisely like the NAT
ura Gastric juice, in its thcnical po~ess sra fur
nishing complete and rcrit'ct substitute for n
Fly the aid of PrrS,S, or this artificial Dee,t,r
Plaid, the pnss asd cvils al INDIGESTION, pIsrr-
STA. AND LIVER COMPLAINT ARR SPEEDILY srsov.
ED, JUST As THEY WOULD MI nIALrav srow.
AoHthc food IL properly converted into blood; thr
body is nourishcd; good health and vigor are rand
" impaired to the whole organization; and tho al
gcstivc organs share with tho rest In hi, h.eev r.,
suit.
Scientific Evidence.
BARON llEBlG, in his celebrated work on Az
imal Chemistry, says: IAN Artificial Dse,tl,,
Fluid, analogous to the Gastric Juice. NAV he r,.J
lily prepared from the mncou. membrane Of n n
stomach OF the Calf, in which various articles OF
food, us meat and eggs, Willie ,efi,ned changed s~d
dages'ed' gust q" nc same manner as hey rosid b
Mc human stomach"
DIR. PEREieA, in hi, fsn,ons treatise on Food
aud Diet" published by fowlers & Wells. Nov,
York, page IS, states tho great fact, and .ler
ciitcs the method oi preparation. There arc ~
higher authorities than DIR. porrira.
DIR. COMBE, in his valuable writing. ON th,
PHYSIOLOGY of Digcsti"u,' observes that q. dimi
mutton ofthe due quantity Of the Gastric Juice i. 1.
prominent and ull-prcvailhr cause Of Dyspepsia
and he states that "a distinguished professor o
medicine in London. who wa. severely rAlic,rd
with this complaint, finding everything else to fail
Ind recourse 10 the Gastric Juice, obtained from
thc stomach of living animals which rrcrsa com
piCiCiy success HL'
DR.. GRAHAM, author 9th. fs,nnu. work. OF
Vegetable Diet, .nyn; at /. a remarkable fac
in physiology that The stomach. ot animals ms
rated in water, imrarf to the Guid the property
dissolving various articles of food aud efretin,
kind of artificial dicesin Of them IN nox,se S,Ssr
NJ Jyom He HatprGi diecS'irs process"
DR.. SIMON'S great work. the Chemistry
Man." (Lcc & Blanchard, Philadelphia. 1886, Up
3ai-2) saws: "Thc discovery Of PEPSIN form,s
rev in The chemical history of Digcstion From
recsri experiments. we know thar food il dissolved
rapid, in artificial digestive fluid, prepared
from fe sin, 1t is in the natural Gastric Juice il
self
Professor DUNGIIsON, Of the Jefferson Col
lege, Philadelphia, in lis great work on Human
Physiology, devotes than fly psses to an .,
animation Of this subject His experiment will
DIR. Beaumont ON the Gastric Juice, obtsined iron
the living human stomach ard from animals. srsl
well known" In nll cases" he SAYS, digestion
occurred MS perfectly in the sH,Ge,a! in the nais
raj digs,tion-.'
DR. JOHN v. DRAPER, Professor Of Ch.ns
Try in the Medical College Of the University of New
} ork, in his "fcNt Book Of Chemistry" Page 3a6l
| says: 1T has been question whether artificial di
eestion could be perinrmrd.but II is now univer
sally admitted thRt il may be"
Dr. CARPENTERS standard work on Physiolo
gy, which is IN the library Of every Physician an.
i used as Text Book in all the Colleges, is fall
evidence, simnr TO tho above, respecting the 70
markable Digestive power Of Pcpsn, and the fac
it may be readily separated from the calf or OK and
used for experiments in artificial Digestion, or a.
| remedy for diseases Of the stomach and dehcisa
secretion Of Gastric Juice.
1
ca, md Physiology, and all good Medical Dici,ons
res, describe the character and properties of rep
-n and state many interesting details respsctisJ
il.
The fact that artificial Digestive flud o
Gastric Juice, perfectly resembling the natural Flu
ID, may be readily prepared does not admit ofquss
tion. The only wonder il, ihet II has not before
been applied to the of Indigestion and Dyspep
sia--so naturally does such suggest itself ia
the mind
As n Dyspepsia Curcr,
Dr. IIouGHTON'S preparation Of PEpSIN h.
produced the most marpciions cGeofs, curing csses
Debili'y, Emaciaiion, Aerrona D,cf,ae aud Dysp,p
tic consumpfion, supposed to be on the very ycrg1
of tho grave. II is Impossible To give the det,is
cases in the limits ofhs advertisement; but nuiben
ticntcd certificates have been given Of mors thar
TWO HUNDRED EEaARRAELE cunEs, 10 Fhilhdsl /
phia New York, and Boston alone. These wer'
nearly all desperate cases md the cures were no
only rapid and wonderful, but permanent
II isa great NcyroRs Anfai0ie, aud particularly
useful for tendency Bilious disorder, Liver Com
plant Fever and Ague, bndlytrcn Fever and
Aguc and the evil effects of Quinine, Mercury. and
other drugs upon the Digestive organs, after Ions
sickness. Also, for cSer.s in eating, and the too
free IL ardent spirits II almost reconcile
Heaih with IafempcraHce
Old Stomach Com plants.
There !. form Of on Stomach Complaint
w-lf ssia atA Il