Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-08-07
Scientific Evidence!

Baron Liebg in his celebrated work on Animal
Chemistry, says: '.An 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
.ood, as meat and eggs, viii be soltened, changed
and dgested, just in the same manner as they
would be IN the human stomach
DR.. Pere,ra 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 OF preparation. There are few higher
authO tiles than DR.. Pereira.
DR.. Combe, in his valuable writings on the
physiology Of Digestion observes that "a d.
minution of the due quantity of the Gastric Juice
a prominent and all-prevailng cause Of Dvs-
pepsla;" and he states that a distinguished pre-
lessor 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 sto nachs of living animals, which
proved completely successful"
DR.. Graham, author of the famous works or
Vegetable Diet, says 1t is a remar kable fac
in physiology, that the stomachs of animals. ma
cerated IN water lnpart to the fluid the property
OF dIssolvng various articles OF food aad o. eflec-
ting a kind OF artificial digestion of them I'm no.
wise different from the natural digestive process
DIR. Slmons great work, the Chemistry OF
Nan, (Lee & Blanchard Philadelphia ] $40. DID
i2l-2) says: The discovery of PEPsIN forms
iCFF Ct q III slit CletliCdI history OF Digestion
trom recent eXperIL ents, we know that food Is
dissolved as rapidly in an artificial digestive fluid
prepared from Pepsiu, as it is in the natural Gas
cric Juice itself"
Professor Dunglison, of the Jefferson College
Philadelphia, in his great work on Human PHYS
ioiogy, devotes more than fifty pages to an exam
nation OF this subject. His experiments with
pr. Beaumont on the Gastaic J uice, obtained from
, ne living human stomach and from animals are
well known. in all cases." he saws. adigeslian
occurred as perfectly in the artificial as in the ma
Jural digestions
DR.. John w. Draper, Professor of Chemistry in
the Medical College Of the University of New
\ ork IN his Text Book Of Chemistry" page $50. .
says; 1t has been question whether artificial di-
sestlon could be peTformed-but 1t is now uni
versally admitted that it may De"
DR.. Carpenters Standard work on Physiology
which is IN the lbI~ry of every Physician. and is
used as a Text Book in all the Colleges Is f1ti oil
evidence similar to the above, respecting the re-
markabie Digestive power Of Pepsin. and the fact
hat II may be readily separated from the ston-
ach OF the catl or OK, and used for experiments in
ATtnlcat Digestion, or as a remedy for disease OF
stomach, and deficient secretion of Gastric Juice
All modern works on Chemistry. Afateria Me
'lcIa, and Physiology, and all good Medical Die
uonarles, describe the Character and properties OF
epsln and state many in eresting details respect-
ing it.
he fact that an Artificial Digestive Fluid. or
'astric Juice, perfectly resembling the natural
lend, may be readily prepared, does not admit Of
question. The only wonder is that it has not be-
ore been applied to the cure of Indigestion and
Dyspepsia-so naturally does such use suggest
Itself to the mind
As "a Dyspepsia Curcr.
DR.. Houghton's Pepsin has produced the most
marvellous effects, III curing cases of Debility
Emaciaton, Nervous Decline, and Dvspeptic
Cons Imption. 1t is impossible to give the details
OF cases IN the limits of this advertisement but
certificates have been given Of more
than tlco hundred remarkable cures in PHILADELPHIA
New York, and Boston alone. These were nearly
al desperate cases, and the cures were not only
rapid and wonderful, but permanent
It IS gree Nervous Antidote, and particularly
use-uf for endency to Bilious disorder Liver
Complaint, Fever and Ague, or badly treated Fe-
yer and Ague, and the evil effects of Quinine. Mer
curry, and other drugs upon the Digestive Organs.
after long sickness. Also, for excess in eating
and tie too free use Of ardent spirits 1t almost
reconclfes Heath with Intemperance.
Old Stomach Complaints
There IS no form of Old Stomach Complaints