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Article: Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. (Book Notice).
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
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- June 1, 2002
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Experiments & Observations on the Gastric Juice & the Physiology of Digestion
by William Beaumont, MD
Dover Publications, 31 East 2 Street, Mineola, New York 11501
Quality paperback, 280 pages, engravings, tables, $10.95
This classic study, long out of print, has been made available as an unabridged and unaltered republication of the original, published in 1833. Also reprinted, as an introduction, is a presentation about Dr. Beaumont's work, delivered by William Osler, MD before the St. Louis Medical Society in 1902. In 1822, a French Canadian, Alexis St. Martin, was the unfortunate victim of a shotgun, fired accidentally, and ...