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Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
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Alexis St. Martin
Canadian subject of digestion experiments (1802–1880)
Alexis Bidagan dit St-Martin 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. St-Martin was shot in a near-fatal accident in 1822. His wound did not…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William Beaumont
American physician (1785–1853)
William Beaumont 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.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 208 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)