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A MOTHER SCIENTIFIC WON
IA DER, DIR. J. S. HOUGHTON'S PEPSfN !
The true DIGESTIVE FLUID or GASTRIC
JUICE great Dysrcpsia Curer.---Prcparedfro from
rections OF Baron Liebig. the great Physiological
Chemist by J. s. HOuGHTON, NJ D., No. II
North Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
This is truly wonderful remedy for Indigestion,
Dyspepsia, .Iaandtce, Lieer Compliant, Constspa-
tsoe and Debility, Curing after Natures own
Method, by Natures own Agent, the Gastric
Juice.
1p Half teaspoonful Of PEPsIS infused in wa
ter, will digest dissolve FIVE pounds Of Roast Beef
in about two hours, out of the stomach
Dig stiOn.
DIGssrroS ia chiefly performed in the stomach hv
the aid Of fluid which freely exudes from the in
ner coat OF that organ when in state of honlth cal
led the Gastric Juice. This fluid is the Great Sol
rent q The Food, fhe Purifying, Preserving, and
Stimulating agent of the stomach and intes,ines-
without 1t there can be no digeston-no conversion
OF food into blood and nutrition Of the body; bur
rather foul torpid, painful and destructive cond
ton of the whole digestive apparatus. weak half
dead, or injured stomach produces no good Gastric
Juice. and hence the disease, distress and debility
which ensue.
Pcpsin and Rennct.
fEPsIS Is tho chief element, great Digcst,sie,
PrfRctpie the Gastric Juice. Ii will sweetcn pn-
'rid meat more aiectually than saleratus and will
retard putreiaction more powerfully than alcohol
1t j. also highly stimulating to the nervous system
and to the stomach and other digestive organs. Ii
is found in great abundance in the solid parts of the
human stomach and in the stomach of animals ms
the OK, call, Nc 1t is the material used BY farm
ers in making cheese, called Rennet. the effect of
which has long been the special wonder of the dali
ry. The curdlng of the milk is the first process of
digestion Rennet possesses astonishing power
The stomach of IA calf viii curdlc nearly one
thousand times its weight of milk Ba-
ron Liebig, states that, Zone part of the Pepsin
dissolved in sixty thousand parts of water, will d
gcst meat and other food Diseased stomachs
produce no good Gastric Juice, Ronnct or pepsip
The Great Discovery!
The true Digestive Fluid, or GASTRIC JUICE.
can he obtained from Natures source of snpplg
the heatthy stomach The pure digestive princi-
pie, PEpsIY, may really be extracted from the
stomach of animals resembling man, thus forming
an artificial Digestive Fluid precisely like the nat
ufai Gastric juice in its chemical powers, and fur
nlshlng n complete and perfect substitute for IT,
by the aid of PEPsIY, or this artificial Digestive
Fluid, the pains and evils of INDIGESTION. pYspyp
STA, AND LIVER COMPLAINT ARE SPEEDILY REMov-
ED, JUST AS THEY WOULD BE BY A HEALTHY sToM-
AcH-the food is properly converted into blood the
h...It~ IL l.. III.
ly impaired to the whole organization; and the d .
gestive organs share with the rest in this happy re-
suit
Scientific Evidence.
BARON LIEBlG, in his celebrated work on An
mai Chemistry, says IAN Artificial Digestive
Fluid, analogous to the Gastric Juice NAV he reaa
lily prepared from the mucous membrane of the
stomach OF the Calf, in which various articles Of
food meat and eggs, will be soteaea ctaa rad ana
dgesfed Just tntbe same manner Asy sroaid be IN
the human stomach"
DIR. PEREIRA, in his famous treatise on Food
and Diet" published by Fowlors & Wells. New
York, page 3d. states the great fact, and des-
cribes the method of preparation. There are few
higher authorities than Or, Pcreira
DIR. COMBE. in his valuable writings on the
physiology of Digestion" observes that "a dimi-
mutton OF the duequunity Of the Gastric Juice is
prominent and all-Prevailing cause of Dyspepsia
NJ
medicine in London, who was severely afflicted
with this complaint. finding everything clse IA III,
had recourse to the Gastric Juice obiaincd frn,,,
the stomach of living animals. which ,,royef coy,.
plc'ely successful"
Dr. GRAHAM, author of the famous works on
Vegetable Diet" says; at is remarkable fac,
in physiology, that the stomaohs Of animals mace
rated in water, impart to the fluid the property Of
dissoving various articles Of food apd naar,;,, q,
kind of a,4i6ciaI diees,ion of thcm IN n,,r;,e 49,
en- from me- nat,,yai diges'ise processr
DIR. SlMON'S great work, the ..Cbon;s,rv NJ
Man." Lee & BLANCHARD, PHILADELPHIA. 1916. mn.
32l-2) says: 1.-THE discovery of PEPSIN forms ,
new era in the chemical history Of Diccsti,, F.,
recent experiments, know tha, food Il dissolved
as rapidly in an artificial digestive fluid prcparrd
from PePsin, as it is in the natural Gastric Juice L.
SELL
Professor DuNGLISON, of the Jefferson CD
lege, Philadelphia, in his great work on Human
Physiology, devotcs more than fifty pages to an OK
animation Of this subject. His experiment with
Dr. Beaumont ON the Gastric Juice, obtained from
the living human stomach and from animals are
well known" In all cases." he SAYS "digcstiop
occurred as perfectly in the artificial as in tho nata-
raj digestions'
DIR JOHN w. DRAPER, Professor of Chen1is-
try IN the Medical College Of the University Of New
DIRK, In his Text Book of Chemistry" page $50.
says: 1T has been question whether artificial di-
gcstion could be performed--but it is now univer-
sally admitted that it may be-"
Dr. CAhPENTEB'S standard work on Phvsiolo-
gy, winch Is IN the library of every Physician and
is used as Text Book in all the Colleges il fun OF
evidence, similar to the above, respecting the re-
markable Digestive power of Pepsia, and the fact
it may be readily separated from the calf or OK, and
used for experiments in artificial Digestion, or az
remedy for diseases of the stomach. and dc6cien,
secretion of Gastric Juice,
All mo.crn works on Chemistry, Materia Med-
ca, and Physiology, and all good Medical Dietionn
res, describe the character and properties of Pen
sin, and state many interesting details Respecting
it.
The fact that an artificial Digestive FIuid of
Gastric Juice, perfectly resembling the Darur. Fin
i'd NAV be reaiily prepared dooa no, ad,;, -,