Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion.
Plattsburgh, NY: F. P. Allen, 1833. First edition, inscribed by Beaumont to James W. Kingsbury, of “the most important study of digestion before Pavlov” (Garrison-Morton), this is “the first great American contribution to physiology” and “the most important presentation copy extant” (historyofinformation.com). Sir William Osler called Beaumont (1785-1853) “the pioneer..... More
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