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Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. Facsimile of the original edition of 1833 together with a biographical essay A Pioneer American Physiologist by Sir William Osler.
Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion Facsimile of the original edition of 1833 together with a biographical essay A Pioneer American Physiologist by Sir William Osler Author:William Beaumont, M.D. On June 6, 1822, in the American Fur Company on Mackinac Island, a French-Canadian voyageur named Alexis St. Martin was shot in the upper left abdomen; the musket wound was "more than the size of the palm of a man's hand," Beaumont wrote, and affected part of a lung, two ribs, and the stomach. Dr. Beaumont treated the wound, but he was repeatedl... more »y unsuccessful in fully closing the hole in St. Martin's stomach; for a while, the hole had to be covered to prevent food and drink from coming out. St. Martin was now unable to work as a voyageur, so in April 1823 Beaumont hired him as the family's live-in handyman ? chopping wood, mowing a field, etc.
This book chronicals what took place after that -- a "you've got to read it to believe it" experience if there ever was one.« less