Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-13


BARON LlEBiG, in his celebrated work on A.,
lmal Chemistry, says AN Artificial Dirc.ti,,
! luid, analogous 10 the Gastric Juice NAV be read
lily prepared from the mucous membrane If ,bo
stomach oi the Calf, in which various article, of
food as meat and eggs, viii be settene changed and
a'eesod J"S N ne same manner as They wona BE- IN
! he Human stomach"
| DIR. PERElRA, in his famous treatise ON "Food
and Diet, published by Fowlcrs & Wells. New
lork' page 30, states the great ihct and de,.
clibes the meibed Of preparation. There arc few
higher authorities tun DR.. Pereiru.
Dr. COMBE, in his valuable writings on III.
| PHYSIOLOGY of Digestion" observes that IN d;p;
mutton of the ducquantity Of the Gastric Juice !. n
prominent and aprcvailiug cause of Dyspcpsia;''
and he states that "a distinguished professor Of
medicine IN london, who wps scvcrely ulIliet.J
with this complaint, finding everything clse 10 fill
had recourse to the Gastric Juice, obisined from
die stomach Of living animals which Dyorcd com.
| pitfeiV sacccssInki
! DIR. GRAHAM. author or The famous work. on
Vegetable Diet" says; III is a remarkable fac,
in physiology, that the stomachs Of animals mace.
rated in water impair To the fluid tho property of
dissolving various articles Of food and eflrctnr a
kind Of aif5fciai diges'ia Of them IN aouise differ
| en- froa M aafgyoi digcs'ire p,ocess"
Dr. SlMON'S great work. the "Chcmis,ry Of
Man" (Lee a blanchard Philadelphia 1916, DID,
52l-2) saya; ''lhc discovery Of PEPSIN f.,rrns n
now cru in the chemical history Of Diges,iop. From
recent experiments, we know that food IA dissolyeJ
os rapidly in artificial digestive fluid. prepared
from Pepsin, il Is in the NATURAL Gastric jules H.
self"
Professor DuNGLISON, Of the Jefferson Col.
lcge, Philadelphia, In his great work ON Uamo,
Physiology, dcvotrs mere thnn fifty pages 10 m rx-
ANIMATION of this subject His experiment. with
Dr Beaumont on the Gustric juice obtained from
the living human stomach and from animals. mr.,
well known" In all cnsos," he suys, digestion
occurred perfectly in the Artificial as in the nof
raj digcations.n
DR. JOHN w. DRAPER, Professor of Cbar,i,-
Try in tho Medical College Of tho University OF New
York, in his ''rcxt Book Of Chcmstry.n p,pe GAG
says: at has been question whether artificial "A,
gcst;on could be pcrfortncd-.but il !. now uuiycr
sally admitted thar il may be-"
DR.. CARPENTERS standard work ON Physiolo-
nv which il In the librury Of ,ycrv Pbys,c;nr mi
is used az a Text Book in all the Collece. il I'm ~
evidence, similar 20 the nboyc. rcspee,i,n ,lc ~
marknble Digestive power of Pegsia. and the fn,t
il uay be rcndiy separated from the calf or ox nnd
used for experiments In artificial D;oc.,;on =, n.
remedy for di.euse. Of the stomach. and descien,
secretion of Gnstric Juice,
All modern works on Cbcp,;u,rv uo,,,;. MI;
ca. md Psychology. and aIl rood NcJicai D;.,;aa.
ries de.cribe III. character ,.d ro,,.,t;.. II D.
sin and state many interostiny Jc,,;ls r..,.r,;
II.
The fact tbat nm artificial D;ges,;ve rI,;d ~
Gastric Juice. per(ectly re.onbl;ng he n,,nraI f,
N ma. lac ro,i;l, rn,,,red Jaas 20, ~,
tnp, Tho ony ,yopder Il III, I, h.. na, IL,
been applied 10 the cure ofjndjgo.,ion md Dysns,'
snso nnturaIl, docs nh m. ,.,'1e
| ,hn ,n;nd W
A. i. nvsncuss. r-.o.
Dr uoI,GijroNIs ar',.a-.,;,.. ~ pEferxt
nrodnced 10 ma, ,l,. ee', .,,,;, IS
| DeJ7isu. E,u0riotioa Nc,rou, D,i,ne onJ n,,n.,.
lc roas,,,g,a ,nnnns.d H. nyrp,p,