Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-08-05
Medicines.
Another Scientific wonder!
PEPsIN!
The True Digestlye FIuid. or Gastric Juieel

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The True Digestive Fluid or Gastric Juieel
GREAT DYSPEPSIA CURER,
PREPARATION Rennet or re fourth Stomach ofthe Or
after directions Of Baron L5eJig, the great PhV-
siotogtcat Chemist, byJ s.. Hoaghton,
| MD, No. II, North Eigllth st., philadelphia, Pa.
THIsisatruly wonderfulremedyf orIndgestio
i Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaint. Consti-
patton, and Debility curing after Natures own
method, by Natures own agent, the Gastric Juice
zgHafa teaspoonful Of this Fluid infused in
water will digest dissolve Fire Pounds Of Roast
Beet IN about tgo hours, ont Of the stomach LIE
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 a state of health
called the Gastric Juice This fluid is the Great
Sotpent Of ne food, the Purifying, Presrcag, and
Stimulating Agent of the stomach and intestines
without it there will be no digestion--no CONVEX
sion of food into blood, and - nutrition ofthe bo-
dy; but rather foul torpid, painful and destrue-
tive condition ofthe whole digestive apparatus
weak, half-dead, 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 Digestiaq
Principle of the Gastric Juice 1t is found in great
abundance in the solid parts of tho human stomach
after death, and sometimes causes the stomach to
digest ITSELF or eat itself up II is also found in
the stomach ofanimals, as the OK calf &c 1t is
the material used by farmers in making cheese
called Rennet the effect of which has long since
been the special wonder of the dairy The curd-
ling of milk is the first process of digestion. Rem
net possesses astonishing power. The stomach of
ealfwill curdle nearly one thousand times its own
weight Of milk. Baron Liebig states that. Gone
part of Pepsin dissolved in sixty thousand Parts of
water, will digest meat and other food.n Diseased
etn c pr0lurp N q n Iuipa Rap
Pepsin. To show that this want may be perfectly
supplied we quote the following
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES!
Baron Lieblg, in his celebrated work on Animal
Chemistry, says: An Artificial Digestive Fluid
analogous to the gastric juice, may be readily pre-
pared from the mucous membrane Of the stomach
ofthe calf in which various articles offood as meat
and eggs will be s9ttened, changed and dgeSod jst
IN the they rou1d Be Rthe hsman sto-
nachD
Dir. Porera, in his famous treatise on ''Food and
Diet" published by Fowlers & Wells, New York
page 50, states the same great fact, and describes
he method appropriation There are few higher
authorities than Dr. Pereira.
DR. Combe, in his valuable writings on the ''Phy-
siology ofDigestion,' observes that "a diminution
Of the due quantity fthe gastric juice is a promi-
nent and all-prevailng cause of dyspepsia; p and
he states that "a distinguished professor of medi-
cine in London, who severely afflicted with this
complaint, finding every thing else to fail, had re-
to the gastric juice, obtained from the sto
mach of living animals, which frog completely sue
cessfA."
Dr. Graham, author ofthe famous works on eve
geablc Diet,p says; fItis remarkable fact in ply
siology that the stomaehs of animals, macerated in
water mpart to the fluid the property of dissolv-
ing various articles of food and of efecting kind
of artificial digestion of them in sese different from
the natural digestipe qrocessn
DR.. Simon's great work, the "Chemistry of Man. ?
/. Il nm .
''The discovery of Pepsin forms new era in the
chemical history ofDgestion. From recent exper-
iments we know that food is dissolved as rapidly
in an artificial digestive fluid, prepared from Pep
sin, as il is in the natural gastric juice itself"
Prof. Dunglison, Of the Jefferson College, Phila-
delphia, in his great work on Human Physiology,
devotes more than fifty pages to examination of
this subject. His experiments with DR.. Beaumont,
on the gastric juice, obtained from the living hui
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 y
rs Dyspepsia Curer,
DR. Houghton's preparation fPepsin has produced
the most marvellous effects, curing of DeJiiiy
EaJaciafion, Nervous Decline and Dyspepttc Con-
slaaptioR supposed to be on the very verge of the
grave 1t is impossible to give the details of cases
in the limits of this advertisement--bu authenti-
Gated certificates have been given gilmore than 200
remarkable cures, in Philadelphia, New York and
ses, and the cures were not only rapid and Won
derful but permanent.
1t is great Nervous AHtidote and particularly
useful for tendency to bilious disorder Liver Com
plant Fever and Ague, or badly treated Fever and
Ague 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 of ardent spirits. 1t almost reconcies
Health with Lntemper@,ee
old Stomach Complaiats.
There is no form Of Old Stomach Complaints
which it does not TO reach and remove once.
No matter how bad they may be, it gives instant
iiefl single dose remoees all the unpleasant slap-
toms, and it only needs to be repeated for short
time, to make these good effects permanent. Pmi-
~ Of Blood and cgoy Of boay follow at once 1t is
particularly excellent in cases of Nausea, Vomit-
ing, Cramps, Soreness of the pit of the Stomach,
distress after eating, low cold state OF the Blood
heavihess, lowness Of spirits dependency emaoia-
ton, weakness, tendency to insanity, suicide, &c.
Price s per bottle. One bottle will often eff
feet a lasting cure.
lsy~Pepsin in powders, sent by mail, free of
postage.
For convenience of sending to all parts of the
country, the Digesfire Matter Of the Pepsta is putup
in the form ofPowders, with directions to be dis
solved in water syrup, by the patient These
powders contain just the matter the bottles
but teice the quantity for The same price, and will be
sent by mail free Of postage for 81 sent (postpaid)
to Dr. Houghton, No.l1 North Eighth St, Phila-
dephia, 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
BeS@For sale by W II Hesletine, Martinsburg
J. Wysong Darkesulle; G wynkoop Hedgesvile
G W. Hoke, Gerardstown, in Berkeley Co.; and by
Joseph Harris, Charlestown; Joseph Entler, Shep-
herdstown, in Jefferson Co, Va.
September 3, 1850.
TO THE PUBLIC.