Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-01-01
Scientific Evidence.

BARON LlEBlG, in his celebrated work ON An.
imal Chemistry, says: "An Artificial Digestive
Fluid, analogous TO the Gastric juice may lc read
lily prepared from tho mucous membrane of ,l.c
stomach of the Cnll. in which various articles of
food IA meat and eggs, Will bc @ifcHo4 cianrra and
digescd, just in he manner as Acy could be IN
tie hYadR stomach"
DR. PERElRA, in his lannon's tycntise on "Tocd
aud Dict" published by Fowlcrs & Wells. New
York. page 80, states the great fact, and dcs-
crihcs the method Of prrruruton, There ure few
highcr authorities ihuu DR.. Porcirn.
DR. COMBE, in His valuable writings ON tho
physiology of Digestion" observes that a. dimi-
mutton Of the duequantity Of the Gnstic Juice IA
prominent and all-preyuiling cause Of Dyspcpsin;"
| and he states that "a distinguished professor Il
medicine in London, who severely riiiit.fod
with this complaint, finding everything else TO fail
had recourse 10 the Gastric Juice, ohtnined from
the stomach Of living animals, which t,,tgcd com.
pic'cig spccc~5qi"
DIR. GRAHAM author of the famous work. on
Vegetable Dit" says; at il d remarkable inct
in physiology, that the stpmncls Of animals mace
rated ia water, imrnr the fluid the property or
dssolNing various articles of food, and Offering
kind Of ortifcjai digcSon of item IL Marie dtgcy-
~, from hr naturoi digo ire process"
DIR. SlMuN'S great work, the "Chcmisirv Of
Man." Gee & Blanchard, Philadelphia 1876, pp.
S2l-2) snys: "Thc discovery Of PEPSIN form
rev cru in the chemical history of Digestion. fro,
recent experiments, we know that food is dissnl, cd
rs RAJ d. tn an artificial digestive fluid, prepared
from fc Elm, it il ia the natural Gnatrie Juice it,
SELF
Professor DUNGllSoN, Of the jefferson Col
lcgc, Philadelphia, IN his great work ON Humnn
Physiology dcvotcs ms re thun fifty roses to M eN-
| animation al this subicrt lii experiment with
| DIR. Beaumont the Gastric Juice nh,nined from
| the living human stomach and from unimnls nro
| well known" IN all cnscs," he says. digestion
occurred perfectly in the arifcia{ IA il lie aa,a.
raj digcstions."
DR. JOHN W. DRAPER, Professor Of Cbcmi.
Try in the Medical College oftbc University of New
York, IN his "fcxt Book Of Chemistry ruge 1856,
says: g 1t has been question whether arifenl li-
gcstiou could be pcriormcd--but il !. now uiiycr-
sally admitted that it may be-"
| DIR. CARPENTERS standard work on Physolo-
gy, which is in the Library of every Physician, mud
is used TcNt Book in all the Colleges is full nf
evidence, similar to the above, respecting the re-
purkablc Digestive power Of PcTsia. and tho fact
it may be readiy separated from the calf OK, and
used for experiments in artificial Digestion, o.. "a
| remedy for Diseases Of the stomach, and deficient
secretion ot Gastric Juice
| All modern works Chemistry Meieria Med
| ca, and Physiology, and all good Medical Dciona-
rics, dcscribe the character md properties Of Pep
sin, and state many interesting detail. respecting
it.
The fact that an artificial Digestive Fluid, of
Gastric Juice, perfectly resembling the natural ia
id, may be readily prepared docs admit ofqucs-
ton The only wonder i, that il has no, before
been applied the Of Indigestion and Dyspcp-
sin--so naturally docs such suggest Itself to
the mind.