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William Beaumont's experiments on Alexis St. Martin were featured in the episode of Dark Matters: Twisted But True that aired on August 1, 2012. A fictionalized history of the complicated doctor–patient relationship between Beaumont and his patient St. Martin was recreated in a novel, Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont ...
Alexis Bidagan dit St-Martin (April 8, 1802 [a] – June 24, 1880) was a Canadian voyageur who is known for his part in experiments on digestion in humans, conducted on him by the American Army physician William Beaumont between 1822 and 1833.
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William Beaumont publishes Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. Charles Bell publishes The Hand: its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design, the fourth Bridgewater Treatise. Marshall Hall coins the term "reflex" for a muscular reaction. Jean Lobstein proposes use of the term ...
Hard to Stomach: The acid relationship of William Beaumont and Alexis St. Martin. [2] Spit Gets a Polish: Someone ought to bottle the stuff; A Bolus of Cherries: Life at the oral processing lab; Big Gulp: How to survive being swallowed alive; Dinner's Revenge: Can the eaten eat back? Stuffed: The science of eating yourself to death
William Beaumont (1785–1853), American physiologist. While all these surgical advances were taking place, many important developments were also taking place in the science of optics. Many new optical instruments with medical applications were invented during the 19th century.
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak is the 14th largest hospital in the country by bed size and is the 3rd largest provider of Medicare in the US. It is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the #2 hospital in the state (behind University Hospital, University of Michigan), and is nationally ranked in 10 adult specialties. [ 11 ]
While Carlson was at Chicago, he conducted experiments on Fred Vlcek, [2] similar to those conducted on Alexis St. Martin by William Beaumont, regarding his gastric fistula. These included illuminating his stomach with electric lights in order to observe digestion.