Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-16


A MOTHER SC1ENTERnC WON.
n DER. DIR. }. s. HouGHTONB PBPSTN
The true DIGESTIVE FLUID Or GASTRIC
y,picE--d grrot Dysrspssa Csrcr--Prcparcdfrvf
nennet or the fourth Stomach &c the o., sflcf di.
fsetions " Baron Lirbig, tho great Pbys;slowjrsf
Shcnis., BY J; :. HOrGHTON, NJ IL, No. III
Worth Eighth Street, Philadelphia Pa
rms Is a truly wonderful remedy for Esdsess';oa..
Dyspeps,a' Josnd'ee. Lirer Complaint, Cessftysss
,9H a"" Deep"y, Giving after Natures own
Juice ."s
~ hai' iea-pocntui q Prvsis, infused IN wa
ter, win digest dissolve I've pound. u Il ..., rrs(
in about two hours. out 81 the stomach.
Dig sfiOm
DioEsrios is chiefly perfornled In the stomach ~
the hid Of fluid which freely exudes from ,hs II
Of that organ when In state ofbcol,b ~.ir
led the Gastric juice. This fud Is the Gyra, ,S.i
rent of the Food, TIC PH,ifyisg, Pyesrrr,.~. -
Stimalafsng agent Of the stomach and intcst,p.s -.
Without il there Gun be no discstion-no conversion
food into blood and nutrition Of the BODY: brs
rather foul. torpid, painful and destructive copd;.
ton Of the whole digestive apparatus. A wrak half
dead, or injured stomach produces no good Gas,riy
Juice. and hence tho disease distress and debc
which cnsuc. i AW
Pepsim nnd Remnet.
PErsIS il the chief element, or great Dirrs,sssc
Principle Of the Gastric Juice. Il will swcctsn pa
trd meat more aiiectually than snlcratus. and will
| retard putrcfaction more powerfully than alcohol
IL is also highly stimulating 10 the SYSTEM
and to the stomach and other digestive organs. IL
u found in abundance In the solid parts Of tho
| human stomach and in the stomach Of animals a.
the OK, calf, &C. II Is tho material used by farm.
crs in making cheese. chilled Rcnnct. the effect of
which has long been the special wonder Of the dali
ry The curing of the milk Ia the first process of
digestion. Rcnnct Possesses astonishing power
The stomach Of calf will curdlc nearly oneI
thousand times its weight Of milk. Ba-
ron Licbig, states TINT. "Onc part Of tho Pepsia
| dissolved in sixty thousand parts Of water will d.
| gest meat aud other food" Diseased stomach.
produce no good Gastric Juice. Rcnnct or Pcpsin
The Great Discovery!
The true Digestive Fluid, or GASTRIC JUICE.
can be obtained from Natures o,ra sonrre Of snpnI.
the healthy stomach The pure digestive prime.
pie, PrrsiN, may really be extracted from tho
stomach Of animals resembling mnn thus Turning
an artificial Digestive Fluid. precisely like the mai
ural Gastric Juice, in It's chemical powers, and fur
nishng complete and perfect substitute for IL.
by the aid OF PErsIS, this artificial Dig .stiye
Fluid, the pains and evils Of INDIGESTION, prsrrr.
| STA, AND LIVER COMPLAINT ARE SPEEDILY REMov-
IN, JUST AS THEY WOULD M ny HEALTHY sTon-
AcH-thc food is properly converted into blood; tho
body is nourished; good health aud veor arc rapid
" impaired To the whole organizations and the d..
gcsive organs share with the rest in this happy rc-
suit.
Scientific Evidence.
BARON LlEpIG, IN his celebrated work on An
imal Chemistry, says: AN Artificial Digcst,c
Fluid, analogous to the Gastric Juice, nmy be read.
lily prepared from the mucous membranc az tho
| stomach OF the Cnlf. in which various articles of
food, and eggs, viii be sofened changed and
digested, jast IN The same they sr1id b. in
NE human stomach"
| DIR. PERElRA, IN his famous trcuiae on "Fooa
and Dict" published by Fowlcfs Y Wells. New
York, page 20, states the great fact and dcs.
crihcs the method of preparation There are few
| higher authorities tan DIR. Pcrcirn
| DIR. COMBE, in his valuable writings on IA,
Physiology Of Digestion Observes that IA dimi-
mutton ofthe due quantity Of the Gastric Juice IL
prominent and all-prevuiling cause Of DyHpep.in;"
and he states that "a distinguished professor of
medicine in London, who was severely afflicted
with this complaint, finding everything else to fni
had recourse to the Gastric Juice, obtained from
the stomach of living animals, which yrorcd com.
| piefeiy Snccessfid'
| DIR. GRAHAM, author of the famous works On
Vegetable Diet" snys III is remarkable inct
in physiology, that the stomachs Of animals, mncc-
rated in winter, mpari Ia the ilu,d tho property of
dissolvng various articles Of food, and encciing
kind OF artificial digosioR Of them aonise differ
| emf from ne NATURAL dircsii,c fvocess'
DR. SiMONS great work. the 'Chenis,ry o
Man." lice a Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1886, PIP.
32l-2) says: "1he discovery Of PErSIN forms n
new era in the chemical history of Dgcatinn. From
recent experiments, we know that food ia dissolved
ms rapidly in artificial digestive fuid prepared
from Pepsin, II Is in the natural Gusric Juice it,
| SELF
Professor DuNGiISON, Of the Jefferson Col
! lege, Philadelphia in his ercat work on Humnn
Pbysioloey, dcvotcs thpn fifty pages to m ex-
animation Of this subject lila experiment, with
| DIR. Beaumont the Gnstric Juice, obtained from
the living human stomach aud from animals. are
well known" In an cases" he says, digestion
occurred perfectly in the artificial Us IN the non
raj diges,ions."
DIR JOHN W. DRAPER, Professor of Chcnis
Try in the Modieal College Of the University Of New
York, in his "Tcxt Book Of Chemistry," page 3sG,
says: alt has been question whether artificial d.
geston could be pcrformed--but it is now uni,er-
sally admitted thnt it may be-"
DIR. CARPENTERS standard work on Physiolo
gy,. which is in the rury of every Physician, md
IA used Text Book in NIL the Colleges, IL full oi
evidence, similar to the above respecting tho re-
markable Digestive power 81 Pepsn, nud the fact
II may be readily separated from the Gulf on and
used for experiments in artificial Digestion.
remedy for diseases Of the stomach, and deficient
secretion of Gastric Juice.
All modern works on Chemistry. Materia Med
ca, and Physiology, and all good Medical Dic'ionn.
rios, describe the character and properties Of Pep
sin, and state many interesting details respecting
IL.
The fact that an artificial Digestive Fluid, %
Gastric Juice, perfectly resembling the naturul Flu
id, may be readily prepared, docs not admit fques
ton. Tho only wonder IL, thut il has not before
been applied 10 the Of Indigestion md Dyspcp-
sia--so naturally does such suggest itself to
the mind.
As u Dyspepsia Curcr,
DR. IOUGIITON'S preparation Of PEPSIN has
produced the most marvellous effects, curing Of
| DeJiiity Emociaiion Nervous Deriae and Dysper
Nc Coaumption supposed to be the very verge
Of the ernye- Il is Impossible 10 give The details Of
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