Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-02-18
Medicines.
Another scientific wonder.
The True Digestiye Fluid, or Gastric Juice !

PEPSINI
The True Digestive Fluid, or Gastric Juice.
A GREAT DYSPEPSIA CURER,
Preparation Rennst o. de fourth Stenaea II tbs o.
after directions Of Baron Liebsg. fhs great Ply
sioiegicaI CAeniiss, ~ j. s. Hoagatoa,
MD, No. II, North Eighth 81, Philadelphia, Pa.
| HyHISisatruly wonderful remedy for Indigestion
i Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Consti
patton, and Debility, curing after Natures owl
method, by Natures own agent, the Gastric Juice
gsIHalfa teaspoonful Of this Fluid, infused il
water, will digest or dissolve Five Pounds Of Roas
Beef in about tcO hours out Of the stomach-SI
Digestion
Digestion is chiefly performed in the stomach b,
the aid Of fluid which freely exudes Fl ON the in
called the Gastric Juice This fluid is the Grea.
SOLVENT Of the Food, The Purifying, Preserving ana
Stimulating Agent Of the stomach and intestincs
Without 1t there will be no digestion--no CONVEX
sion Of food into blood and no nutrition of the boz
dy but rather foul. torpid, painful and destruc-
tive condition of the whole digestive apparatus A
weak, half-dead, or injured stomach produces no
good Gastric Juice and hence the disease distress
and debility which ensue.
Pepsin and Kennel.
Pepsin is the chief element, or great Diqestinq
Principle of the Gastric Juice 1t is found in great
abundance in the solid parts of the human stomach
after death, and sometimes causes the stomach to
digest ITSELF or eat itself up 1t is also found in
the stomach ofanimals, as the OK, calf. sc. 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
calf will curdle nearly one thousand times its own
weight Of milk Baron Liebig states that, s0ne
part of Pepsin dissolved in sixty thousand arts of
water, will digest meat and other food" Diseased
stomachs produce no good Gastric Juice Rennet or
Pcpsn TO show that this want may be perfectly
supplied, we quote the following
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE!
Baron Liebig, 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 scened changed and digested Just
in the they wouid be inthe human sto-
macAp
DIR. Pereira in his famous treatise on HFood and
Diet" published by Fowlers & Wells New York.
page 35, states the great fact, and describes
the method appropriation. There are few higher
authorities than DIR. Pereira.
DR.. Combe, in his valuable writings on the ssPhy.
siology ofDigestion," observes that "a diminuton
of the due quantity of the gastric juice is promi
nent and all-prevailing 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-
course to the gastric juice obtained from the sto
mach Of living animals, which prov complet ely sue
cessfuln
Dr. Granam, author ofthc famous works on ave.
geable Diet says: ut is remarkable fact in ply
siology that the stomachs of animals macerated in
water, impart to the fluid the property of dssolv.
ing various articles of food and ofeffecting kind
of artificial digestion of them no ,cise derent ron
| the natural digestire processo
DR.. Simons great work. the s.Chemistry of Man, .
tIea Blanchard, Phila., 1916, pp 321-2) says
''The discovery of Pepsin forms new era in the
| chemical history ofDigestion. From recent exper'
iments we know that food is dissolved as rapidly
in artificial digestive fluid, prepared from Pep
sin, as it is in the natural gastric juice tself''
Prof Dunglison, of the Jefferson College. Phila
delphia, in his great work on Human Physiology
devotes more than fifty pages to an examination O
this subject. His experiments with Dr. Beaumont
on the gastric juice, obtained from the living hu
| man stomach and from animals are wellknown
I'm all cases." he says digestion occurred as per
fectly in the artificial as in the natural digestion
As a Dyspepsia Curer,
DR.. Houghton's preparation of Pepsin has produce,
the most marvellous effects, curing cases Of DEBILITY
! Emdciaiion, Nervous Decline and Dyspefaic Con
sumption, supposed to be on the very verge of tn
grave. 1t is impossible to give the details of case
in the limits of this advertisement--but authenti
Gated certificates have been given Of more than POI
remarkable cures, in Philadelphia, New York ant
Boston alone. These were nearly all desperate ca
SEES, and the cures were not only rapid and won
| derful but permanent
| 1t is a great Nervous Aatidote. and particular,
useful for tendency to bilious disorder Liver Com
plant Fever and Ague, or badly treated Fever an,
a sI~fr~- a.
other drugs upon the digestive organs. after lon
sickness. Also for excess in eating, and the to
free use of ardent spirits. 1t almost reconcile
| Health with Intemperdnce
Old Stomach Complaints.
which it does not seem to reach and remove at ono,
No matter how bad they may be, it grss instant RI
tid! single dose remores all the unpleasant sy,nf
toms, and it only needs to be repeated for shor
time, 10 make these good effects permanent. Pur
| ~ Of Blood and rigor Of body follow Mt once 1t
particularly excellent in cases of Nausea, Womb
ing, Cramps, Soreness of the pit of the Stomach
distress after eating, low, cold state of the Bloot
heaviness, lowness Of spirits, dependency enact,
ton, weakness, tendency to insanity suicide, &
Price, 81 per bottle. One bottle will often O
feet lasting cure.
nas-Pepsin in powders, sent by mail, free
postage.
FOR convenience OF sending TO all parts OF u
country, the Digestre Matter Of the Pepsin is put
in the form ofPowders, with directions to be di
solved in water or syrup, by the patient. The
powders contain just the same matter as the bottle
but tcice the quantity for the price and will
sent by mail free Of postage, for 81 sent post pa
to DR.. Houghton, No II North Eighth St., Phil
delphia, Pa
Six packages for S.. Every package and bolt
bears the written signature Of j. s Houghton,
D.; sole proprietor.
Sold by Agents in every town in the u State
and by respectable dealers in medicines general
Dt1y-For sale by w. II. Hesletine, Martinsburl
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