The physiology of digestion, with experiments on the gastric juice / By William Beaumont.

  • Beaumont, William, 1785-1853.
Date:
1847
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Credit: The physiology of digestion, with experiments on the gastric juice / By William Beaumont. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P| Combe says, page 139, “Such then are the phenomena and conditions of healthy digestion, and such is the light thrown upon both by the valuable publication of the American physiologist.” It must be gratifying to the author to know that his work has been republished in Great Britain, France and Germany; and that it has been extensively read and quoted, and is regarded as the best authority by all the writers on the subjects of which it treats. The publisher, in offering this new, and, as he _ be- lieves, improved edition of Dr. Beaumont’s work to the public, flatters himself that he is not only promoting the interests of science, but, by making the reader acquaint- ed with the laws that govern the digestion of aliment, and giving him the information necessary to enable him to avoid all hurtful agents in the selection of his food, that he is, inno small degree, subserving the cause of humanity. Burlington, ‘Vt. 1847.