Dr. Beaumont and the Man with the Hole in His Stomach (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Beryl Epstein, Sam Epstein
- First Published: 1978
- Time of Work: 1812–1880
- Setting: Mackinac Island, Michigan; Plattsburgh, New York; Quebec; and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Dr. William Beaumont, Deborah Green Beaumont, Alexis St. Martin, Marie Jolly St. Martin
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Doctors, Accidents, Food, Biography, Guns, Experiments, Wounds or injuries, Patients
- Locales: New York, Washington, D.C., Michigan, Quebec, Canada
Form and Content
In Dr. Beaumont and the Man with the Hole in His Stomach, Sam and Beryl Epstein recount how Dr. William Beaumont was able to solve the mysteries of human digestion after a gunshot accident left its victim, Alexis St. Martin, with an open hole in his side that led directly to his stomach. Through six mostly chronological chapters, the book balances descriptions of Beaumont’s research with discussions of the conflict between the doctor and his patient. The first chapter begins in medias res, briefly setting the scene at Mackinac Island, mentioning...
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