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Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / By William Beaumont. Reprinted from the Plattsburgh edition, with notes by Andrew Combe.

  • Beaumont, William, 1785-1853.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / By William Beaumont. Reprinted from the Plattsburgh edition, with notes by Andrew Combe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gated under the direction of a committee of their number. An opportunity of this kind may never occur again, and it will be a source of lasting re- gret, and even of merited reproach, if it be allowed to pass away without being turned to the best pos- sible account. If the suggestion now thrown out shall ever be acted upon, special care should be taken not to injure St Martin’s health by withdrawing him entirely from his accustomed diet and mode of life, otherwise the whole value of the experiment may be lost,—the object being to ascertain the laws and con- ditions of HEALTHY DIGESTION. Epinpoureu, April 1838.