Biography:William Beaumont is known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" following his groundbreaking research on human digestion.
Beaumont conducted a series of digestion experiments between 1822 and 1833 on Alexis St. Martin, a man though shot in the stomach, survived after treatment by Beaumont.
Beaumont compelled St. Martin to submit to digestion experiments through a hole in his stomach after he signed a servant's contract with him.
1822-06-06 Alexis St. Martin shot in the stomach and treated by physician William Beaumont on Mackinac Island. Leads Beaumont to conduct digestion experiments through hole in St. Martin's stomach.
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