Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-05-08
MEDICINES.
A NOTI1ER sCIENTIFIC WON

~ - DER, DIX y y. HOuGHT0N'S PEPSIN.
i,iIc rue piuhsilVE FLUID or GASTkiC
Rcrna, II greg DysFepsia Isrey,-frcparedfrom
.s-,;" OF INC fourth Stomach OF The Ok, after d.
fs,,,ns., /, arm inehgs tnc great physiological
Nnr,l E;,h,,, g 9 . h,,upfi w, NJ D., No. III
This ia M ,rulv 49, n,'"ueiPn'ar !. r.
D,s,nasi, L,..,s rei"suy i"r hadsgcssoAy
49, AMI DeJ,jss c 80" co.affatas, conaspo-
Mctboa bv Nat,pc,. LING al'er natures own
Jn;cc. "" Asch', the eastris
r-ssa Half ,easpo,ns,,
.r .;ll d;sss, ar J;ssoxs s, infused IN wa
h about iva hours. ont of IN anas % Roast bsct
Dig csrt~. 'aon.
Dtarsr,os IA chiefly pertor,nca \. Il
the aid of gu;d which freely exnde. ss'o"een W
ner Goa, of tina, organ when in state osb"a, .ne IN
led the Gastric Juice. This tluid /. No Gs car
rent of me E,,od tbe ps,;f,;oc p,.,..: So'.
Stimaiafinr agent or the stomach ma ans
Without ii there can L., no aigcstion---uo
Of food into blood and no nutrition NJ ,be h,l ~
rather foul torpid painful and destrur,;x, -.
| ton Of the whole Digestive nnup,,,p. A 49, -
dead, or injured stomach produces no good f;,.,r;.
Juice, and hence the discase Distress and dcl;I,
| which cnsae.
PCDSiO 0nGl Rcnncf.
| PEpsIs is the chief ecmcnt or crea, D,r.,,.
Principle OF the Gastric Juice Ii win ,wce,en MI.
| trid meat more niIar,uolIv Tia, ..l...,, aI In
rctard putrciaction more powerfully rhan aoah,a
1t is also highly stimulating to the nervous system
and to the stomach and other digestive organs. IL
is found in great abundance In the solid parts Of In.
| human stomach and in the stomach of animals as
the on calf, &c. 1t is the material used by farm
ers in making cheese, called Rcnnet, the effect Of
which hns long been the special wonder Of the dai-
ry. The curdlng of the milk is the first procc.s of
| digestion. Rennet possesses astonishing power
The stomach Of a calf will curtlle nearly onc
thousand times its own weight of milk Ba-
ron Liebig, states that "onc part Of the Pcpsin
| dissolved in sixty thousand parts Of water, will d.
gest meat and other FOOD Diseased stomachs
| produce no good Gastric juice Rcnnct or Pep,n
| The Great Discovery!
| The true Digestive Fluid, or GASTRIC JUICE.
can be obtained from Noturcs otcn source ~ supriy
the healthy stomach The pure digestive princ-
pie, FErstN, may really be extracted from tho
stomach of animals resembling man, thus forming
IN artificial Digestive Fluid, precisely like the nat
ural Gastric Juice, in its chemical powers. and fur
nishing complete and perfect substitute for H.
| BY the aid Of PErsIS. or thishrtfcial Discstiv,
Fluid, the pains and evils of INDIGESTION. pYsrrr
STA, AND LIVER COMPLAINT ARE SPEEDILY Rrsov-
Ed, JUST THEY WOULD RE BY HEALTHY srox-
Acn-the food properly converted into blood; tho
body is nourshcd; good health and vigor arc rapid
ly impaired to the whole organization; and the d.
gestivc oruns share with the rest in this happy r-
suit
Scientific Evidence.
BARON LIEBlG, in his celebrated wo,k ~, An.
imnl Chemistry. saw: AN Artificial D;..s,,...
Fluid. analogous 10 The Gastric Jn;rc mo-, H., -
;lv rrep,,aJ r,,, H., ,.,'... '1os 10 NV"
stomach of the Cnlc in which vara,,s a,,;.i,. IS
| food ns meat and ego. Win bc .of.1J l,,~.y ~
digescl ins, in me s0,ne p,o,,,e, n, ,b ,.,,i3 ~ 20
| ne hnman s,ou,och.n
| DIR. PERElRA. in his (nmou. ,rca,;.c IN "rooa
| and Dict" published bv Fowl.ra IL WcIl NJ,
| York page :}5 states Tho sntnc pr,.n, fac, anJ H..
cribcs the method Of preparation. Tbcr, nrc f.w
| bisbar ,,,ho,,,;o, ,h,, H. -. Wv y"
| Dr. COMBE. in his valuable u.r;,;n,. .,,, ,,..
Physiology of Digestion" observe. I'M, an J;,n;,
mutton oft6c due quantity or m, Cns,,;c I,;.,ia
| prominent and all-prcvailinc cnu.e Of Dvsnens;,.
and he states that IN di.tinp,ishcJ n,o,r..o, y,
| medicine in London. WIN nj. s,,.,di, .,,I;.,,i
with this conpluint finding ,ycryrh;nr la. ~ c';,
had recourse to the Gastric .Juice ah,nin.d Nm,
the stomach of living animnla which ,,ro,,,i ,,n.
| ple'fyy succcssjaE"
| DR.. GRAHAM. nuihor of tb, f,mos u,,Ls a,
Vegetable Dict sny.: ~, IA n rcna,L aha e,n,
| in physiulopy TINT the stomach. f nn;,n,, n,,ea.
rnted in water impnr, m The ana IN, ,,ra,,.,
| di.solinp vnriou. ,r,;rl.s or f,,nJ NH ,a,.,.,.
kind of artificial dgestiou Of thcm IN J.g,r
| tat from NE natural djges,;rc pr,ocss.' ;,
| Dr. SlNON'S trent work tbc "cbcu;s,,v r
| Man" lice & blanchard. Pbilnael,h;, IslG III
| 32l-3) saws: .The disrny,r, a., pEpsIN ca
now On in the chemical biatn,v If Dgcsti,, Tr,r,
recent experiments we know ibnt food !. Jis.olv,J
us rnuidly in an artificial dic,s,ivc a;J ,,rcna,o
from Pcpsin "a il is in tho natural Gastric Llec n,
SELF
Professor DUNGLISON, of the Jeg;.r.on CA
legc PHILADELPHIA. IN his srcnt work an U,n,,n
Physiology, dcyotcs more thnn fiiy rnpcs TO nme
animation Of This subject. His cxperimcn, with
Dr. Beaumont on the Gastric Jaicc. nbfninea ,rop
the living hunan stomach and fum animal. nr,,
well known" In all cnscl,r he says Objection
occurred perfectly in the artificial as in the mar,
| raj digcstioIsn