Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-05-06

YyHISisat truly wonderfalremedyf orIndigestion,
4 Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Consti-
patton, and Debility, curing after Natures own
| method by Natures own agent, the Gastric Juice.
ggHalfa teaspoonful Of this Fluid, infused in
water, will digest or dissolve Fire Pounds q Roast
| Bssf IN about tpo hours, out of the stomach.4s
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 state Of health,
called the Gastric Juice. This fluid is the Great
,SolueDt Of tie food the Pargfsing PresertiRg, and
Stimulating Agent OF the stomach and intestines.
Without il there will be no digestion-no CONVEX
sion of food into blood and no nutrition ofthe boz
dy; but rather foul, torpid painful and destruc-
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
PepsiB and Rennet
Pepsin is the chief element, or great Diqesting
Principle of the Gastric Juice 1t is found in great
abundance in the solid parts ofthe human stomach
after death, and sometimes causes the stomach to
digest ITSELF cat itself up. 1t is also found in
the stomach ofanimals, as the OK, calf &C. II 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 eurd-
net possesses astonishing power. The stomach of
calf willcurdle nearly one thousand times its own
weight of milk. Baron Liebig states that. aone
part of Pepsia dissolved in sixty thousand parts Of
water, will digest meat and other food" Diseased
siomachs produce no good Gastric uice, Rennet or
Pepsin- To show that this want may be perfectly
supplied, we quote the following
sEEa ~. SIC LvaDEEcE!
Baron Licbig in his celebrated work on Animal
| Chemistry, says: San Artificial Digestive Fluid
analogous to the gastric juice, may be readily pre-
| pared from the mucous membrane of the stomach
ofthe cali in which various articles offood as meat
and eggs, win be sefleaed changed and dgested just
IN The same manner as they could Be in tie human sto-
aacdu
Diet,a published by Fowlers & Wells, New York,
page 49, states the great fact, and describes
| the method otpreparation. There are few higher
authorities than DR.. Pereira.
Dr.. Combe. in his valuable writings on the "Phy-
siology ofDgestiona observes that "a diminution
of the due quantity Of the gastric juice is promi-
nent and all-prevailing cause of dyspepsia; y and
he states that "a distinguished professor of medi-
cine in London, who was severely afflicted with this
complaint, finding every thing else to fail had re-
course TO the gastric juice obtained from the ste
mach Of living animals, which frog completely &c
eesgMD
DR. Granam, author ofthe famous works on ''Ve-
getable Diet" says lt is remarkable fact in ply
siology, that the stomaehs of animals macerated in
water impart to the fluid the property of dssolv-
ing various articles of food, and of electing kind
of artificial digestion of them in no wise different from
lie natural digessfee proeess.N
| DR.. Simon's great work, the ''Chemistry of Man. 2
| tLca blanchard Phila., 1916, PIP. 32l-2J says;
| s'The discovery Of Pepsin forms new era in the
chemical history ofDigestion. From recent exper-
imcnts we know that food is dissolved as rapidly
sin, as it is in the natural gastric juice tself'
Prot. Dunglison, of the Jefferson College. Phila.
delphia, in his great work on Human Physiology
devotes more than fifty pages TO an examination oil
this subject. His experiments with DR. Beaumont
| on the gastric juice, obtained from the living hu.
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
As Dyspepsia Curer,
DR.. Houghton's preparation ofPepsin has produced
the most psarpetoas Effects, curing OF DeIiiy
! EaGciqiioa, Nervous Decline and Dgspeltjc Con.
sumption, supposed to be on the very verge of the
grave. 1t is impossible to give the details of cases
in the limits Of this advertsement---but auihenti-
Gated certificates have been given of moro than 200
| remarkable cures in Philadelphia, New York and
Boston alone. These were nearly all desperate ca
ses, and the cures were not only rapid and Won
derful, but permanent.
useful for tendency to bilious disorder Liver Com
plant Fever and Ague or badly treated Fever and
Ague, and the evil effects of Quininc 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 reconeiles
| Heath with iatemPerance.
Old Stomach Complaints.
There is no form of Old Stomach Complaints
which it does not seem toreach and remove at once.
No matter how bad they may be, it giuss instant
iief! single dose oil The unpleasant syap-
toms, and it only needs to be repeated for short
time, TO make these good effects permanent. Pari-
~ Of Blood and rgoy Of body, follow at once 1t is
particularly excellent in cases of Nausea, yomt-
ing, Cramps, Soreness of the pit of the Stomach,
distress after eating, low, cold, state OF the Blood
hcavness, lowness Of spirits dependency, emacia-
ton weakness, tendency to insanity, suicide &c
| Price, 81 per bottle. One bottle will often e.
| feet lasting cure
| BsD~Pepsin in powders, sent by mail, free Of
postage.
| For convenience of sending TO all parts Of the
country the Digesire Matter Of the Pefsn is put up
in the form ofPowders, with directions to be dis.
solved in water or syrup, by the patient. These
powders eontanjust the same matter as the bottles
but ttcice Tie qaGKtiv for he same price and will be
sent by mai, free Of postage for 81 sent post paid
to DR. IIoughton, No. North Eighth St., Phia.
| delphia, Pa.
| Six packag IS for IS. 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 res lectable dealers in medicines generally
| Ie5s~Eor sale by w. II Hesletine, Martinsbure
j. Wysong Darkosyille; G. wynkoop, Hedgesvile
G. W. HolSe, Gerardstown, in Berkeley Co.. and by
Joseph Harris, Charlestown; Joseph Entler, Shep
| herdstown, in Jefferson Co, Va.
September 3, 1850.