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William Beaumont (November 21, 1785 – April 25, 1853) was a surgeon in the U.S. Army who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" for his research on human digestion on Alexis St. Martin. [1] [2]
William Beaumont (born Nov. 21, 1785, Lebanon, Conn., U.S.—died April 25, 1853, St. Louis, Mo.) was a U.S. army surgeon, the first person to observe and study human digestion as it occurs in the stomach.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 24, 2013 · From performing such intensive investigation in America's early days, Beaumont is now recognized as America's first physiologist, Dean says. Today, numerous hospitals are named after this physician-scientist.
Jun 27, 2018 · Nonetheless, the value of William Beaumont’s contributions to gastric physiology and pathology had been established, and it is clear that he was the first American physiologist to make a major contribution to the development of the science.
In 1833, at age 48, Beaumont published his Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion, a 280-page book divided into two sections. The first contains general observations on various topics in gastroenterology.
- Charles Stewart Roberts
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Sir William Osler said of Beaumont, “[he] is the pioneer physiologist of this country, the first to make an important and enduring contribution to science.” 2 The letters and journals which make up the Beaumont Papers offer a unique insight into the man and his life.
Nov 21, 2020 · On November 21, 1785, physician and physiologist William Beaumont, who became the first person to observe and describe the process of digestion in a still-living human, was born in Lebanon. Beaumont studied medicine by becoming an apprentice to Benjamin Chandler, an established physician in Vermont.
