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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

Plattsburgh, NY

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1833

#989

Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion.

BEAUMONT, William (1785 – 1853)
BEAUMONT, William (1785 – 1853)

Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian half-breed who had sustained a gastric fistula, was treated and investigated by Beaumont. With his human medium, Beaumont as the first to study digestion and the movements of the stomach …