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William Beaumont

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American physician (1785-1853)

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William Beaumont was a surgeon in the U.S. Army. He served as an assistant surgeon from 1812 to 1815, and then rejoined the army in 1820. He became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" for his research on human digestion on Alexis St. Martin in 1822.

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