stackyFACTSWhen a musket accidentally blew a permanent hole into Alexis St.
When a musket accidentally blew a permanent hole into Alexis St. Martin’s stomach, Dr. William Beaumont saw a career-making opportunity rather than a tragic deformity. He essentially kept St. Martin as an indentured servant, dangling food on strings through the literal gaping window in his abdomen to watch it digest. Beaumont became the father of gastric physiology, while his patient got a lifetime of being treated like a human Tupperware container.
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