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Vocabulary:

surgeon

gastric juice

Interesting Fact:

While stationed in St. Louis in 1834, Dr. Beaumont became close friends with Robert E. Lee, a young Army lieutenant at that time.

Study Questions:

How did Alexis St. Martin get a hole in his stomach?

What experiments did Dr. Beaumont perform in order to study gastric juices?

While at Ford Crawford in Prairie du Chien, what kind of maladies did Dr. Beaumont encounter with the soldiers?

U.S. historical events that occurred on December 6:

1889: Jefferson Davis, the former Confederate president, dies.

December 6

December 6, 1829: Dr. William Beaumont, army surgeon at Fort Crawford, resumed his observations on the action of gastric juice using patient Alexis St. Martin, the "man with a window in his stomach."

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December 6, 1829: Dr. William Beaumont, army surgeon at Fort Crawford, resumed his observations on the action of gastric juice using patient Alexis St. Martin, the "man with a window in his stomach."